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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – William Hazlitt

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Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. – William Hazlitt

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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt

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I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. – William Hazlitt

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Choose an attitude of wonderment, taking in all that is being said without assuming you already know what the speaker is talking about. Let go of jumping ahead to finish his or her thoughts. In order to learn you have to risk change…changing your mind! – Dwight Frindt

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The narrower the mind, the broader the statement. – Ted Cook

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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light wont come in. – Alan Alda

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