"The mind of man can never be wholly barren. Through our whole lives we are subject to successive impressions; for, either new ideas are continually flowing in, or traces of the old ones are marked deeper. If, therefore, you be not acquiring good principles be assured that you are acquiring bad ones; if you be not forming virtuous habits you are, how insensibly soever to yourselves, forming vicious ones..."

Source : Joseph Priestley, Henry Ware (1834). “Views of Christian truth, piety, and morality: selected from the writings of Dr. Priestley : with a memoir of his life”, p.171

Joseph Priestley

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“There are people who think death a fate worse than boredom.”

Source : "The Last Samurai". Book by Helen DeWitt, 2016.
“The thing that's so exciting when you're making a film is that it can be anything and there are no limitations on it.”
“I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question.”

Source : "Wild Horses, William Burroughs And White Cake With Danny Fox". Interview With Christiana Spens, thequietus.com. September 22, 2013.
“Now, if the cooperation of some thousands of millions of cells in our brain can produce our consciousness, a true singularity, the idea becomes vastly more plausible that the cooperation of humanity, or some sections of it, may determine what Comte calls a Great Being.”
“I feel like the need to want to create and make something is stronger than the difficulties are going through.”
“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”
“I do think that there's a special connection between Australia and America. It's kind of unexplainable. It's just one of those things. It's all about God's timing. We're thankful to be a part of it.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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