"The mind, in discovering truths, acts in the same manner as it acts through the eye in discovering objects; when once any object has been seen, it is impossible to put the mind back to the same condition it was in before it saw it."

-- Thomas Paine

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“If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and I may no longer know whether I still think what I think.”
“A priority is observed, not manufactured or assigned. Otherwise, it's necessarily not a priority.”
“I might mention all the divine charms of a bright spring day, but if you had never in your life utterly forgotten yourself in straining your eyes after the mounting lark, or in wandering through the still lanes when the fresh-opened blossoms fill them with a sacred silent beauty like that of fretted aisles, where would be the use of my descriptive catalogue?”
“Personally, I would not give a fig for any man's religion whose horse, cat and dog do not feel its benefits. Life in any form is our perpetual responsibility.”
“Buy your freedom. Work really hard when you're young, save every penny, make a lot of money, and retire at 40, or 30 if you get lucky.”

Source : Source: ryanjordan.com
“I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.”
“Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.”
“I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them.”

Source : "LONG Tall LYLE". Interview with Joyce Maynard, www.sfgate.com. September 5, 1999.

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