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The new gets old much faster than the old gets older. (James Richardson)
The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be. View quote
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Happiness is the readiness to be happy. View quote
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To me the great divide is between the talkative and the quiet. Do they just say everything that's on their minds, even before it's on their minds? Sometimes I think I could just turn up my head like a walkman so what's going on there could be heard by others. But there would still be a difference. For inside the head they are talking to people like them, and I am talking to someone like me: he is quiet and doesn't much like being talked at; he can't conceal how easily he gets bored. View quote
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Often you only have to ask What would I do if I were not afraid? View quote
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Books serve us simply by opening a window on all we wanted to say and feel and think about. We may not even notice that they have not said it themselves till we go back to them years later and do not find what we loved in them. You cannot keep the view by taking the window with you. View quote
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It is less important to escape pain than to avoid exceptionless rules. View quote
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Water deepens where it has to wait. View quote
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First he gathered what he needed. Then he needed to keep gathering what he used to need. View quote
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A belief is a question we have put aside so we can get on with what we believe we have to do. View quote
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Beware of knowing your virtues; you may lose them. Beware of knowing your vices; you may forgive them. (James Richardson)
Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer. View quote
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The procrastinator dreads beginning, the workaholic, ending. View quote
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Those who are too slow to be intelligent deserve our patience, those who are too quick, our pity. View quote
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The great consolation of righteousness is never having to worry whether you're a bore. View quote
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How often feelings are circular. How embarrassing to be embarrassed. How annoying to be annoyed. View quote
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That others know: science. That others choose: politics. View quote
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The drives were nature's first provision: thinking was added later, to get us around the world's obstacles to them. View quote
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Your choices: spend, and believe in things; save, and believe in money. View quote
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It's amazing that I sit at my job all day and no one sees me clearly enough to say What is that boy doing behind a desk? View quote
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Easier to keep changing your life than to live it. (James Richardson)
There are crimes I don't commit mainly because I don't want to find out I could. View quote
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A day is only a day. But a life is only a life. View quote
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Impatience is not wanting to understand that you don't understand. View quote
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Suppose you had to remember to beat your heart, contract in exact sequence the muscles you use for every step. ... Conservatism comes out of the body, the sense of many things being done for us that any attempt to re-think, or even make conscious, would fatally disrupt. View quote
James Richardson

James Richardson

Occupation: American Poet
Born: January 1, 1950
Quotes count: 89
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