"Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor."

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Herb Caen

#Broads Quotes #Given Quotes #Uncomplicated Quotes

“Most of those evils we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.”

Source : The Prophecy of Famine (1763)
“The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.”
“Why must we climb away to the seal-less parts of the world?”
“One would fancy that the zealots in atheism would be exempt from the single fault which seems to grow out of the imprudent fervor of religion. But so it is, that irreligion is propagated with as much fierceness and contention, wrath and indignation, as if the safety of mankind depended upon it.”
“I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad.”
“To conclude this discussion, assessment of justice demands engagement with the 'eyes of mankind',first, because we may variously identify with the others elsewhere and not just with our local community;second, because our choices and actions may affect the lives of others far as well as near;and third,because what they see from their respective perspective of history and geography may help us to overcome our own parochialism.”
“There is nothing new in art except talent.”
“Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.”

Source : Vicki Baum (1931). “And Life Goes on”

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