"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—Even a proverb is no proverb to you till your Life has illustrated it."

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“So many, and so many, and such glee.”

“Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.”

“Knowledge enormous makes a God of me.”

“You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.”

“A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence; because he has no identity—he is continually informing—and filling some other body.”

“Many have original minds who do not think it — they are led away by custom — Now it appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own citadel.”

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"You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born."

— Andy Goldsworthy

Art1956

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"I am a musician's musician and am passionate about my sarangi. I shall continue my battle for the cause of the sarangi. I will be reborn to continue my sadhana until the battle is won."

— Ram Narayan

Music1927–2024

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"I said "boy, I'd love to get a tour of this house cause it's so beautiful". So she hooks my arm, and she walks by. And then the grooms mother, trying to help me out says "Can I help you ladies with an…"

— Kathy Griffin

Entertainment1960

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"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excite…"

— Rachel Carson

Literature1907–1964

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