“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.”
— Heinrich Heine
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Once we believe in ourselves, we can
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
— e. e. cummings
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Memory is not an instrument for exploring
“Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.”
— Walter Benjamin
Author: Walter Benjamin
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The historian must have some conception of
“The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.”
— E. M. Forster
Author: E. M. Forster
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You have to experience life, make observations,
“You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.”
— Mos Def
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Women always excel men in that sort
“Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
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Experience is a revelation in the light
“Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Experience is the best teacher of all.
“Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.”
— Harry Callahan
Author: Harry Callahan
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A lot of why I do something
“A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.”
— Edward Norton
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It would be my guess that Madonna
“It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.”
— David Bowie
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I view life as a learning experience.
“I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.”
— Michael Schenker
Author: Michael Schenker
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