"Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me."

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Source : Arthur Symons, Roger Holdsworth (2003). “Arthur Symons: Selected Writings”, p.59, Psychology Press

Arthur Symons

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“You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.”
“Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.”
“I encourage everyone I know that whether it be in their workplace, whether it be in a political arena or within their own families, to do what their gut tells them to do. And that involves calling it like they see it and tackling the tasks that are at hand and not worrying so much what other people are thinking or saying about them.”
“If I lend my support to a specific cause, it has to be something that I look over and that I have a complete understanding of and it's not just some extracurricular bullshit.”
“I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait".”

Source : Live album: "Mitch All Together". Track 3 "Not Track Five, Not Chainsaw Juggler", December 9, 2003.
“War has taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave men, thieves and honest men, selfish and selfless men, malingerers and champions, weasels and lions. The only question is how much of each attribute we allow- or force - to dominate our being.”
“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”
“You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.”

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