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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#affirming #draw #examine #into #look

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child. ↗

— George Konrad

#book #books #child #defend #i

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#between #ceaselessly #decisive #essence #evil

I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. They're in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four! ↗

— Swoosie Kurtz

#both #four #front #i #just

I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people. ↗

— Chris Kyle

#cross #enemy #get #hairs #i

Actually, I look the same in real life as I do in the movies. ↗

— Andy Lau

#i #i do #life #look #movies

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. ↗

— Johann Heinrich Lambert

#bought #first #i #learn #order

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work. ↗

— Richard Burton

#fat #lard #lean #others #their

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided. ↗

— Ali Larter

#broken #got #heart #i #many

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#outlook #life