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The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
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The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
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The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
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The amazing thing about a football team is we can disagree and fight like brothers, but then we come back together. We are able to be open and honest about things that may offend us.
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The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
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The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since.
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The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick the one that really showed me how things could be done, it's 'The Who Sell Out.' They really went to town on that, doing something that no one had ever done before.
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The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.
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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
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The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
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The best thing about doing needlepoint for very small children is that they are so uncritical. The don't say things like, I see you've missed some stitches over here on the leg, was that intentional? or Was this creature blinded in a fight? They will clasp it in their little arms and love it besottedly, inseparably as the thing becomes more and more rancid.
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The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.
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The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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