"He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice."

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Source : Henry Taylor (1853). “Notes from Life in Seven Essays”, p.13

Henry Taylor

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“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
“Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.”
“I found it more pleasurable to write something, sing a melody over it. At a very young age, I kind of honed my writing skills, I guess.”

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“President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.”
“What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings.”
“every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.”
“It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.”
“I'm a big researcher. I love libraries and archives and I have a huge National Geographiccollection. I have a good amount of books and records, and I'm on the Internet. I think research yields a lot and can help you pull different discordant works that may not be harmonious. Through time and with patience and focus, you bring them all together.”

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