"Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the spectator of a statue, into the very ideal presence whence these works have really originated. A great work always leaves us in a state of musing."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 226, Literary Character, Chapter XII. Last lines, 1922.

Isaac D'Israeli

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“To step into tomorrow's possibilities you must let go of yesterday's realities. Be careful of your choices between what was, is and will be. It is very hard to fully step into your destiny while you are still holding on to your history.”
“A violent scene is art, as much as a sex scene is art. For me, all the scenes were a challenge.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the sea-birds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to the invisible country far away.”
“I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?”

Source : "David Chipperfield: A master of permanence comes home" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. February 05, 2011.
“Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you.”
“I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.”
“The fundamental problem of political philosophy is still precisely the one that Spinoza saw so clearly (and that Wilhelm Reich rediscovered): Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation?”

Source : Gilles Deleuze, FeÌl?ix Guattari (2004). “Anti-Oedipus”, p.31, A&C Black
“But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.”

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