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"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."
Mind,
"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion."
"Brooding, she changed the pool into the sea, and made the minnows into sharks and whales, and cast vast clouds over this tiny world by holding her hand against the sun, and so brought darkness and desolation...to millions of ignorant and innocent creatures, and then took her hand away suddenly and let the sun stream down."
"When the whirlpool of thoughts is going on; that is known as the mind. At that time, the mind is functioning independently. That and the vrutis (tendencies of the chit) have no relationship. The tendencies arise later on, and then they go back and forth."
"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."
Mind,
"There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days."
"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it."
Explore more quotes by Ben Hecht
"There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."
"In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel."
"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock."
"People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized."
"I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt."
"Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle."
"Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."
"The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both."
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