All intimacies are based on differences.
HENRY JAMESThe power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern . . . this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern . . . this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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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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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it…to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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