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“Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind; they make life more interesting.”
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“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.”
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“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.”
Source : James Joyce (2013). “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Thrift Study Edition”, p.134, Courier Corporation
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“Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being.”
Source : Silvano Arieti (1976). “Creativity: The Magic Synthesis”, Basic Books (AZ)
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“In truth, most of us don't know our cats.”
Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2001). “The Tribe of Tiger”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
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“[On her writing agenda:] Make the familiar exotic; the exotic familiar.”
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“It is good reason, that man consisting of two parts, the soul and body, the body only should not take up all, but the soul should be remembered too. Enjoying is the body's part, and well-doing is the soul's; your souls are suitors to you to remember them, that is, to remember well-doing, which is the soul's portion.”
Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1843). “Works: Ninety-six sermons”, p.33
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“The claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that the refugee question is a German problem is incorrect. It is a European problem.”
