"It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find any proposition true will unconsciously tend to that result by dismissing importunate suggestions which run counter to the belief, and welcoming those which favor it. The psychological law, that we only see what interests us, and only assimilate what is adapted to our condition, causes the mind to select its evidence."

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George Henry Lewes

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“I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Arrested Development never felt safe. Even the first season, we did thirteen episodes, and we thought we'd never do a back nine. So I never thought in a million years we'd get to make three seasons. I was happy we got that far. I thought it was really good, and I'm really proud of it. I don't think we made a bad episode.”

Source : "Michael Cera: What I've Learned" by Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. June 18, 2009.
“That's the magic of revisions - every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.”
“I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why theyre making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.”
“The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.”
“It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.”
“Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will.”
“Donâ€™t let anyone say you canâ€™t do it. To be successful, you need to fail. The more failures you have, the more successes you will have. People just donâ€™t get that.”

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