"To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own."

-- Henry James

#Appreciate Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. Iâ€™ll carry them for the rest of my days.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home”, p.349, Pan Macmillan
“I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.”
“Any and all religions are real, the genuine article, to their practitioners. There can never be one religion, prophet, or savior that will satisfy all six billion humans. Each of us must find our ideal way to attune with deity.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2010). “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner”, p.26, Llewellyn Worldwide
“I do feel that whatever happens, it's important to work with great people and do something great. That's how I feel.”

Source : "Brandon T. Jackson Interview Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 17, 2011.
“"Can you do Addition?" the White Queen said. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count." "She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted.”
“Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time.”

Source : "San Francisco coach Mike Singletary gets serious after the pants saga" by Paolo Bandini, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2010.
“It takes practice to use one's eyes, even when God has opened them. And there are some believers who never get beyond confounding a doctrinal statement of a truth with a living exemplification of that truth.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 113), 1895.
“You cant think about things you want to change. Just be yourself.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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