"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."

Habit, Habits, Novelty

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"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."

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"And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."

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"If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?"

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."

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