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The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones

The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? – Henry James

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If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land. – Henry James

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I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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