"I have learned to read the papers calmly……" — Edmund Wilson
"I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about."
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Edmund Wilson
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29 Quotes by Edmund Wilson
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The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination.
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Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.
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The Jew lends himself easily to Communism because it enables him to devote himself to a high cause, involving all…
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
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The only thing that we can really make is our work, and deliberate work of the mind, imagination and hand,…
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the…
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If I could only remember that the days were not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built…
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It is certainly very hard to write about sex in English without making it unattractive.
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If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
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In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are…
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The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands…
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Through the survival of their children, happy parents are able to think calmly, and with a very practical affection, of…
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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the…
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Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But…
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If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best…
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In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place.
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When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to…
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Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable,…
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He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in…
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Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle…
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The moment I realized God existed, I knew that I could not do othewise than to live for Him Alone...Faith…
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