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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. ↗

— Heraclitus

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Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces? ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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You have something that exists in your head, and getting that abstract thought from your head into something that actually exists is a difficult process. ↗

— Lazaro Hernandez

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I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music? ↗

— Faith Hill

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I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#field #i #practice #speeches #tractor

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive. ↗