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Henry James112 quotes“Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.”
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All intimacies are based on differences.
Henry JamesHenry James 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.
Henry JamesHenry James If this was love, love had been overrated.
Henry JamesHenry James 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.
Henry JamesHenry James To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
Henry JamesHenry James Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
Henry JamesHenry James Don’t pass it by – the immediate, the real, the ours, the yours, the novelist’s that it waits for.
Henry JamesHenry James Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
Henry JamesHenry James There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
Henry JamesHenry James When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
Henry JamesHenry James Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
Henry JamesHenry James Deep experience is never peaceful.
Henry JamesHenry James Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Henry JamesHenry James It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
Henry JamesHenry James Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
Henry JamesHenry James I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells I am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
Tony FinauTony Finau Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
Tony FinauTony Finau Obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.
Alan MollohanAlan Mollohan In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
Alan HirschAlan Hirsch I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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