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- In the expressions we adopt to prescribe physical phenomena we necessarily hover between two extremes. We either have to choose a word… — Arthur Schuster
- There are two kinds of visual memory: one when you skillfully recreate an image in the laboratory of your mind, with your… — Vladimir Nabokov
- I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more… — James Madison
- Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and… — Thomas B. Macaulay
- Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the… — Walter Pater
- Entering in the narrow gate is allowing Him to define your life, and not in general terms. See, there's your problem. 'Oh,… — Paul Washer
- All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book… — Lynne Truss
- The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality - without exploiting them… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb