Edmund Wilson Quotes
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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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革命的集体组织中的自由主义是十分有害的。它是一种腐蚀剂，使团结涣散，关系松懈，工作消极，意见分歧。它使革命队伍失掉严密的组织和纪律，政策不能贯彻到底，党的组织和党所领导的群众发生隔离。这是一种严重的恶劣倾向。
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All fundamentalist movements… whether they're Jewish, Christian or Muslim or Buddhist, all begin as an intra-religious debate, an intra-religious struggle. Then, at a later stage, fundamentalists sometimes reach out towards a foreign foe and hence the Muslim feeling that American foreign policy … is holding them back.
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Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.
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I'm the kind of person who wants the people around me to be comfortable, to laugh, and to have a fabulous time - I want them to be as happy as I am.
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I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.
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Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.
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If you gave me an hour in the day between '09 and '14, I could have told you exactly where I was and what I was doing.
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One cannot control the life they are born into.
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I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.
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I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.
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On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
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Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.
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The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
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I am exhausted if I don't work.
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Truth is found neither in Marxism nor in traditional capitalism. Each represents a partial truth. Historically capitalism failed to see the truth in collective enterprise, and Marxism failed to see the truth in individual enterprise. Nineteenth century capitalism failed to see that life is social and Marxism failed and still fails to see that life is individual and personal. The Kingdom of God is neither the thesis of individual enterprise nor the antithesis of collective enterprise, but a synthesis which reconciles the truths of both.
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Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.
