“I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible.”
“Many things are possible. Few things are certain.”
Interview in Cybling (February 2001) http://www.cybling.com/artists/harrye.html
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American novelist, short story author, essayist, historian 1949Related quotes
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“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.”
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1973)
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