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The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly… — Martin Filler
It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula,… — Charles Bukowski
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selfishâ€” a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice. — George Eliot
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some… — Leonardo da Vinci
Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be… — James E. Faust
But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuit that does not readily let go. — Victor Hugo
Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object â€“ we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to… — C.S. Lewis
No summer ever came back, and no two summers ever were alike. Times change, and people change; and if our hearts do not change as… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. — Jane Austen
Ascend beyond the sickly atmosphere to a higher plane, and purify yourself by drinking as if it were ambrosia the fire that fills and fuels… — Charles Baudelaire
People love to admit they have bad handwriting or that they can't do math. And they will readily admit to being awkward: 'I'm such a… — George Carlin
Here is the time for the sayable, here is its home. Speak and attest. More than ever the things we can live with are falling… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Yet I was a fool to fancy for a moment that she valued Edgar Linton's attachment more than mine -- If he love with all… — Emily Bronte
The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment. — Leonardo da Vinci
Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty â€” it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life â€” froze it. — Virginia Woolf
The positive emotions that arise in...unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding. The very structure… — Rebecca Solnit
Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given… — Jane Austen
...the nose is generally the organ in which stupidity is most readily displayed. — Marcel Proust

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