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“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.”

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Book:The Nemesis of Faith

Source: The Nemesis of Faith

“As a graduate student at Columbia University, I remember the a priori derision of my distinguished stratigraphy professor toward a visiting Australian drifter [a supporter of the theory of continental drift]. Today my own students would dismiss with even more derision anyone who denied the evident truth of continental drift - a prophetic madman is at least amusing; a superannuated fuddy-duddy is merely pitiful.”

“Your theory of partial immortality is abhorrent to me. I would rather disbelieve in the immortality of my own soul than suppose the boon given to me was withheld from any of my fellow creatures.”

Soul Given My Own Theory Creatures Fellows Immortality Boon Abhorrent

Book:Records of Later Life

Source: Records of Later Life

“My own theory is that people are just so desperate for somebody they can feel better than, in America. Now that everyone's going broke and working 17 jobs - if they have one at all - at least they can look at these guys behind bars and think, "At least I get to wear my own clothes to work."”

People Ifs Thinking Feels Looks Jobs America Guy My Own Behinds Theory Clothes Bars Broke Desperate Feel Better

Author:Jerry Stahl

“I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.”

Littles Mother My Own Too Much Theory Understood Doctors Disorder Darling Mother Love Mental Disorder

Book:Self-portrait

Source: Self-portrait

“I understood, not with my intellect but with my whole being, that no theories of the rationality of existence or of progress could justify such an act; I realized that even if all the people in the world from the day of creation found this to be necessary according to whatever theory, I knew that it was not necessary and that it was wrong. Therefore, my judgments must be based-on what is right and necessary and not on what people say and do; I must judge not according to progress but according to my own heart.”

People Ifs World Heart Whole Found My Own Existence Progress Creation Judging Theory Judgment Understood Intellect I Realized Justify Rationality

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“I'm steeped in aesthetic theory, so I tend to bring in my own amateurish way of baring a little bit - when, in practice, I'm not thinking about that when I'm working over the keyboard, or musing over musical ideas in my head. But when discussing it, we want to have some new thought about this new music.”

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Author:John Maus

“No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.”

Way May Order My Own Theory Authority Good Faith Executing

Book:Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters: Library of America #50

Source: Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters: Library of America #50

“I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.”