Charlotte Mew quotes
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“We are what we are, the spirit afterwards, but first the touch.”
-- Charlotte MewSource : Charlotte Mew (2012). “Selected Poems”, p.56, Carcanet
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“People are only 'disappointing' when one makes a wrong diagnosis ...”
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“Religion is like music, one must have an ear for it. Some people have none at all.”
-- Charlotte MewSource : Charlotte Mary Mew (1981). “Collected Poems and Prose”, Carcanet Press
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“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”
Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
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“That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.”
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“Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile.”
Source : Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1919). “The Compensations of Librarianship”
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