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Havelock Ellis Quotes

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: british
Birth: February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939

Topics

Wisdom Men Door Stand Fools Know

Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores.

Serious Crime Broke Scandinavian Per

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

Men True Snob Who Rather Than

Sketching is like dancing. It's process as much as product. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now. Doing a giant, super thought-out painting is the opposite of that.

Molly Crabapple

Painting Process Doing You Now Turn

I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that. I wrote the songs I wanted to write, for me. I had no idea that 'American Pie' would relate to anybody.

Life People Me Think American Pie

Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it.

Douglas Coupland

Life You Out Well Figure Then

Despite the fact the studio looks out of five windows onto a picture perfect view of sky, hills and wide open spaces, I work with my blinds firmly drawn, daylight filtered through their white canvas, a painterly northern light falling through two big skylights above my table, and nothing visible outside to distract me.

Work Light Sky Me Picture View

The moment of true capitulation came when the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association quietly took Mormonism off the list of apostate religious groups.

Moment True Off Association Quietly

We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.

Desire Want Special Something

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Alfred Hitchcock

Life Drama Out Cut Dull Bits

Women need to be empowered to shape their own livelihoods and become CEOs of their own lives. They must be allowed to take control of important life decisions that are so often decided by others.

Life Women Control Decisions Become

I wrote in coffee shops in Japan when I was 22, 23, before I had the stamina to sit down and write. I liked the buzzy environment; I couldn't speak Japanese when I arrived, so it was kind of a white noise. It felt more sociable than being alone, but now, as I've developed a writing practice, I couldn't do it.

Alone Coffee Practice Being Alone

College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just pity the people caught in that tender trap. And most of all, I pity those kids.

People College Know Will Never Kids

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