C. W. Ceram famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.
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Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline and moderation. Explorations among the ruins of the remote past have carried curious men all over the face of the earth… Yet in truth, no science is more adventurous than archaeology, if adventure is thought of as a mixture of spirit and deed.
-- C. W. Ceram
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Fear of knowing is very deeply a fear of doing.
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It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. In the same vein, my teachings are not meant to acquire followers or imitators, but to awaken beings to eternal truth and thus to awakened life and living.
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Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.
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Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.
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The business of making a photograph may be said in simple terms to consist of three elements: the objective world (whose permanent condition is change and disorder), the sheet of paper on which the picture will be realized, and the experience which brings them together.
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Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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The French believe that all errors are distant, someone else's fault. Americans believe that there is no distance, no difference, and therefore that there are no errors, that any troubles are simple misunderstandings, consequent on your not yet having spoken English loudly enough.
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A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius.
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I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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