"The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception."

-- Gertrude Atherton

#Self Quotes #Deception Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening”
“When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.”
“Moments. All gathering towards this one.”
“I think it was hiding a princess.”
“Beware of advice-even this.”
“Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because there's nothing between you and the melody; it's just a great lyric.”
“But the good deed, through the ages Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust.”
“I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric.”

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