The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be … - Sydney J. Harris

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There is too much talk of cooking being an art or a science – we are only making ourselves something to eat.

Sydney J. Harris

The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.

Judgment, Loner, May, Resented, Simply, Solitude

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The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U. S. congressmen.

Congressmen, Democracy, Democratic, Republican, Voting

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I didn't like anything about myself - my looks, my personality. I was very, very angry.

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A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie. . . making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.

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