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Quote by Annie Dillard
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pl

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. – Annie Dillard

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Birthday
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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. – Annie Dillard

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alone
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Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. – John Philip Sousa

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Thats one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that Im very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. Thats a huge advantage. I must tell you, thats a huge advantage over the other candidates. – Donald Trump

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I love Rauschenberg. I love that he created a turning point in visual history, that he redefined the idea of beauty, that he combined painting, sculpture, photography, and everyday life with such gall, and that he was interested in, as he put it, the ability to conceive failure as progress. – Jerry Saltz

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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. – Pablo Neruda

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The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as youre learning youre not old. – Rosalyn S. Yalow

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There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report. – Richard Le Gallienne

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If youre writing, youre starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that its for other people – that comes in later. – Lena Dunham

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