I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
“I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.”
“In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.”