#discover

There is an illusion about America, a myth about America to which we are clinging which has nothing to do with the lives we lead and I don't believe that anybody in this country who has really thought about it or really almost anybody who has been brought up against it--and almost all of us have one way or another--this collision between one's image of oneself and what one actually is is always very painful and there are two things you can do about it, you can meet the collision head-on and try and become what you really are or you can retreat and try to remain what you thought you were, which is a fantasy, in which you will certainly perish. ↗

— James Baldwin

#self-discovery

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#enjoyment #few #friendship #greatest #highest

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

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To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#day #despair #discover #discovered #every

A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. ↗

— John Barrymore

#arms #boxing #discover #find #gloves

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#him #i #i love #jules #little

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#discovery #involved #serendipity

The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds. ↗

— Phil Bredesen

#america #best #bring #deeds #genius

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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