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    A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.

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Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the read more

Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky.

by Ojibwa Saying Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

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What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

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There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite read more

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. - Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings.

by William Osler Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can read more

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

by Michael Leboeuf Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

by Lord Thomas Dewar Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

by Robert Hewison Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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