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James Harvey Robinson Quotes: Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.
         

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.


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Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.



Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.



Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.



Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.



Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.



History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.



To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.



In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.

In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.



I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.



We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.





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Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.



Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.



I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with.

I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with.



I'm not a comic person at all.

I'm not a comic person at all.



When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.



One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.

One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.



I hammered him with my fists. He just stood and took it. He didn't suffer graciously, he looked pissed off to no end. But he let me hit him. And he didn't hit me back.

I hammered him with my fists. He just stood and took it. He didn't suffer graciously, he looked pissed off to no end. But he let me hit him. And he didn't hit me back.



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I cant live without Eucerin cream, lip gloss, gum, nail polish, and sparkly things.




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