#sentiment

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

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I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really. ↗

— James Earl Jones

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What a man calls his "conscience" is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. ↗

— George Sand

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I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion. ↗

— Paul Simon

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Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#heart #lies #love #love is #mere

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. ↗

— James Taylor

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I'm not a sentimental guy. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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