"After you have pumped your brains for..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk.
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“There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.”
“Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of religion or philanthropy in his head that is not to be questioned, and which spoils all conversation with him. But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity, but me.”
“The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.”
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“I did try very hard to tell the whole truth without violating my literary instincts.”
“My books and records are arranged according to subject, and within each subject, they're alphabetical by author or artist. The music tapes are alphabetical and the performance tapes are in chronological order.I like to control my environment, because I feel if I have my physical space in order, then I'm free to dream.”
“What a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of the other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous.”
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“Let your greatness bloom.”
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