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Robert Quillen
American
Journalist
About the author
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Ignorance
#Argument
#Knowledge
There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Thought
#Act
#Word
#Heaven
If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#World
#First
#Chaos
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Ability
#Mind
#Attention
#Genius
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Art
#Effort
#Worth
As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Anecdotes
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
Robert Quillen,
American
Journalist
#Acting
#Being
#Emotion