"Small minds cannot grasp great ideas; to their narrow comprehension, their purblind vision, nothing seems really great and important but themselves."

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Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.

James G. Frazer

#Ideas Quotes #Vision Quotes #Mind Quotes

“And Lopate's anthology helped a lot too. It came out the same year I started grad school, and I remember the book's publication feeling eventful and celebratory. It got a ton of attention for giving voice to this form that had sort of slipped between the cracks. That was exciting to see.”
“Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.”
“I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.”
“There is nothing for the modern man or woman to fear about most cases of cancer. Nothing except delay.”
“Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.”
“This is all thousands of years old. It's the same the world over. Anyone who has ever walked upright has loved beer, celebrated over it, told talks over it, hatched plots over it, courted over it. It's what we do as a species. It's what makes us human. We brew.”
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.”
“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”

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