"Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were my books."

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Marguerite Yourcenar

#Book Quotes #Eye Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.”
“No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already.”
“It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.”
“Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance.”
“I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.”
“Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.”
“We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think in fact they do so.”

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