Quotes with altering

  • There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.

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  • William James The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Carlos Castaneda Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives.
    Carlos Castaneda
    American author and anthropologist (1925 - 1998)
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  • Jeanette Winterson I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.
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    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Alan Watts In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • William James Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • George Orwell Most revolutionaries are potential Tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society; once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Lily Tomlin The best mind altering drug is the truth.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Virginia Woolf These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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