if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
HENRY JAMESSummer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I’m very glad therefore you’ve been a part of it.
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