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Leonardo DiCaprio on the Deception of Pride

"As soon as enough people give you enough compliments and you're wielding more power than you've ever had in your life, it's not that you become … arrogant … or become rude to people, but you get a false sense of your own importance and what you've accomplished. You actually think you've altered the course of history."

—Actor Leonardo DiCaprio

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