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The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. ↗

— Paul Valery

#completely #different #give #idea #know

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man. ↗

— Sean Connery

#hit #hitting #i #man #particularly

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh. ↗

— Paul Valery

#before #flesh #long #made #must

I have a big ego, and I'm a confident person, but when it comes down to being a jerk, that doesn't work for me, I tried it... for about ten years. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#being #big #comes #confident #down

All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#comes #i #i love #love #need

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#become #car #changes #clothes #day

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#butchers #fear #irrational #life #policemen

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#before #child #consequence #fear #fears

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#becomes #books #clearer #consequence #function

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#artist #complicated #creates #expedient #finds