"Our prejudices, our antipathies, are our natural defenses against what we could not assimilate."

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Source : Natalie Clifford Barney (1992). “Adventures of the Mind: The Memoirs of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.98, NYU Press

Natalie Clifford Barney

#Prejudice Quotes #Defense Quotes #Natural Quotes

“Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).”
“Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.”
“It's a great life, if you don't weaken,”

Source : Mr. Standfast ch. 5 (1919)
“Meditation is not a selfish thing. Even though you're diving in and experiencing the Self, you're not closing yourself off from the world. You're strengthening yourself, so that you can be more effective when you go back into the world.”
“Wear what suits you best, rather than following trends, and create your own style... I go with a feeling or emotion and don't necessarily plan...”
“The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.”
“Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over the long term.”

Source : "Paulson Still a Bull After His Bare Year" by Gregory Zuckerman and Steve Eder, www.wsj.com. September 19, 2011.
“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.”

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