"The vestiges of the bicameral mind do not exist in any empty psychological space."

-- Julian Jaynes

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“A tenor is not a man but a disease.”
“After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.”
“Take Ezra Pound's translations of poetry from Chinese. He doesn't really know Chinese, and the very strange results that he comes up with aren't all successful, but as a whole it's incredibly successful, moving us away from familiar forms and indicating other forms we might think in or express in.”

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“I go to church because I am a skeptic in regard to my own skepticism.”
“It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.”
“That's one of the things we're most excited about, really, is just allowing this great, Oscar-nominated actor, giving him material to play in one of his signature roles.”
“Don't always expect good things to happen. Your job is to forgive no matter what happens.”
“There are bullfighters who do it just for the money-they are worthless [said Hemingway]. The only one who matters is the bullfighter who feels it, so that if he did it for nothing, he would do it just as well. Same holds true for damn near everyone.”

Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.141, Da Capo Press

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