"Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities. Prune his extravagance, sober him, and you undo him."

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William James

#Lying Quotes #Men Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So we must solve this problem in order to become a space-faring civilization.”
“Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.”
“The scale relates to everything. The thickness of a pipe, the thickness of a leg of the furniture. Even color could have a scale.”
“There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything.”
“Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.”
“Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to direct the play around that character. You have to make choices with that actor. If you have an actor that really doesn't get the role and has certain visions of the role, sometimes you have to direct around that actor.”
“I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.”
“Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.867, Penguin

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