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A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#every #himself #least #suspects #virtues

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#his #man #mental #more #nature

I would then go on to say that Homer, as we now know, was working in what they call an oral tradition. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#go #homer #i #know #now

In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not? ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#feel #go #him #how #looking

Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

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That helped me to keep in touch with myself and to keep in touch with this really quite extraordinary language and literature into which I had pushed a little way. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

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Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#am #being #enough #fact #gifted

If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#children #could #first #i #if i could

Why do you like show jumping?" "... Beauty and excitement. The elements of trust, talent, training, love, and danger make show jumping a thrilling and aesthetic experience. It's really the ultimate test of two nervous systems--the kinetic transfer of the rider's muscle to the horse's muscle enables them to clear those jumps. And there's nothing like it--horse and rider forming an arc of beauty, efficiency, and power, like a double helix." "DNA," "Yes, DNA, the code to life. ↗

— Ainslie Sheridan

#equestrian #horse #horses #science #show-jumping