"Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their self-love is in tune with current fears and desires, and in giving it expression they are speaking for an inarticulate multitude."

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Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1949). “The progress of a biographer”

Hugh Kingsmill

#Love Is Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“All the mistakes committed by artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger. There is nothing stronger than nature. With nature in front of us we can do everything well.”

Source : Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.51
“The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: thereâ€™s no right way and wrong way to do it. Weâ€™re all just wired differently. It's also worth noting that when you meet someone, you never bother to ask if heâ€™s right or left-handed. After all: does it really matter to anyone other than the person holding the pen?”
“Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.”

Source : Beatrice Potter Webb (1963). “American diary, 1898”
“There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.”
“Ohhh, I'm in luv, I'm in luv I'm in luv, I'm in luv wit chu And there ain't nothin nobody can say cuz You're the one for me baby”
“I think it was good, we wanted to win no matter if it was 1-0 or 8-2, we got to win. The Russians are a great team, but so are we. So we've gotta prepare the way we can and play the way we can tomorrow. I think that every game, every practice together we've continue to get better. It's tough in these short tournaments you gotta bond quickly and you've gotta have good chemistry; so hopefully now we can build on that and keep going.”
“Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.”
“If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way.”

Source : "How to Break All The Rules and Get Everything You Want" by James Altucher, jamesaltucher.com.

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