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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

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Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe – that all they’re interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they’re interested in learning something.

perception

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don’t know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that’s just a gift they have.

perception

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

perception

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

perception

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

perception

That’s the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

perception

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

perception

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.