"Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them."

-- William James

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“I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.”
“The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself ... Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act.”
“I conceive of the film as a modern art form particularly interesting to the sense of sight. Painting has its own peculiar problems and specific sensations, and so has the film. But there are also problems in which the dividing line is obliterated, or where the two infringe upon each other. More especially, the cinema can fulfill certain promises made by the ancient arts, in the realization of which painting and film become close neighbors and work together.”
“Twitter is like hugging. Just because it's hard to measure the return on investment doesn't mean there isn't value there.”
“I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.”

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“I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.”
“The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.”
“Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others.”

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