"The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists."
-E. M. Forster
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"I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life."
-E. M. Forster
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"Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration."
-E. M. Forster
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"One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions."
-E. M. Forster
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"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life."
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"The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal."
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"Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her."
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"I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind."
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"I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs."
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"Faith is a higher faculty than reason."
-H. C. Bailey
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"I've always had great faith in people."
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"I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey."
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