"One example is worth a thousand arguments."

-- William E. Gladstone

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“It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.”
“Man, I hated not being able to figure someone out. And from the slightly uncertain look he gave me as we all went to class, I suspected he felt the same way.”
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
“I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.”
“Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.”

Source : "What Is It Like to Be a Baby?". Interview with Jonah Lehrer, www.scientificamerican.com.
“I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.”
“I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my dearest friends have been drawn from those likewise suffering from book madness.”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1973). “Books in My Baggage: Adventures in Reading and Collecting”, Greenwood Publishing Group
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