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Quote by Henry James
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradit

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

Other quotes by Henry James

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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Exile
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Henry James
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James

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Art
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Henry James
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Other Quotes from
History
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God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended. – David Wilkerson

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History

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects. – Herodotus, The History of Herodotus

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History

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. – James Hillman

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History

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. – Malcolm Forbes

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History

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Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways its better to have failure at the beginning of your career, or your life. – Michael Crawford

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Failure

People dont want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. Thats why comedy writers do well – we put out little funny ideas. – Mindy Kaling

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funny

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. – Sai Baba

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God

Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science. – Robert Lanza

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amazing