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We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#because #been #expressed #idea #merely

In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. ↗

— Elinor Wylie

#escaped #fear #file #go #masks

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#art #conquest #imitation #merely #metaphysical

A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies... literally... and develop your own film and make prints. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

#chemicals #develop #film #friend #go

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#cameroon #i #i always #left #lived

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#gone #lived #old #say #world

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him. ↗

— Kenneth Noland

#former #him #i #met #smith

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct. ↗

— Ovid

#impulse #instinct #now #reason

America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anything #better #could #damned #founded

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. ↗

— Will Oldham

#emphasis #grew #i #know #listening