"There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves."

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Source : James Harvey Robinson (1939). “The Mind in the Making”

James Harvey Robinson

#Self Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side.”
“Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty.”
“To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world - and at the same time that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are.”

Source : Marshall Berman (1983). “All that is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity”, p.15, Verso
“Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher forces give you the gift of music...musicians hip, it must be well used for the gift of humanity.”
“Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.”
“No existence can be validly fulfilled if it is limited to itself.”
“History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases. I don't think that people whose expertise lies in one thing should try to make grand theories about something (a) where it's very hard to get the evidence to prove that you're right and (b) where it's much too easy to make up stories that seem right.”
“That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be a mother of four, a welder or a distinguished business person. These people build up a tolerance and manage to still maintain their daily lifestyles while constantly struggling with this disease, because it is a recognized disease by the American Medical Association.”

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