"There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view."

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Source : Lafcadio Hearn (2012). “Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn”, p.114, tredition

Lafcadio Hearn

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“I've always thought that pressure is trying to feed your family, trying to make a mortgage. We play a game...And this is an amazing game.”
“I believe in struggle. And I believe that the struggle is beautiful. You have to try it or you will never know what's beyond it.”

Source : Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.
“I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.”
“Feed sparingly and defy the physician.”
“You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.”
“The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth.”

Source : Robert Pollin (2015). “Greening the Global Economy”, p.121, MIT Press
“A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.”
“To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.”

Source : "Maya Rudolph: The Fresh Air Interview". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 8, 2012.

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