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Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#had #high #high expectations #i #may

I haven't a great jazz band, and I don't want one. ↗

— Glenn Miller

#great #haven #i #jazz #jazz band

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. ↗

— Henry Miller

#alive #am #happiest #happiest man #hopes

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#attention #awesome #becomes #blade #close

If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I? ↗

— Erich Fromm

#i #i am #lose #then #who

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#dedicate #devotion #himself #his #lies

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love. ↗

— Henry Miller

#get #give #love #never #only

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. ↗

— Henry Miller

#actor #acts #beginning #in the beginning #man

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. ↗

— Henry Miller

#citizens #everyday #legal #legal system #mystery

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. ↗

— Henry Miller

#acts #difference #hero #immense #involved