"Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas even more than men, and Thoreau loved himself."

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Source : Leon Edel (1970). “Henry D. Thoreau”

Leon Edel

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Creative Quotes

“Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.”
“When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?”
“The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies. -Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist”
“You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.”
“You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.”

Source : Jerry Falwell (1981). “Keys to daily living”
“Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.”
“The sign of the people of bidâ€™ah is that they do not follow the salaf.”
“'Do you think that we shall ever be admitted as a State into the Union without denying the principle of polygamy?' If we are not admitted until then, we shall never be admitted.”

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