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There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. – Rebecca West

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Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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Trust
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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

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Truth
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They say military have the so-called secret intelligence – this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since Ive never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars. – Ozzy Osbourne

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Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces. – Bryant H. McGill

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch

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Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit? – Lynn Margulis

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It is better to rise from life as from a banquet – neither thirsty nor drunken. – Aristotle

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Its wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isnt all about me. – Kate Beckinsale

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