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 Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.  How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls. The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a male is when he's a baby. I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words. I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. The rich can be "eccentric," the poor have to be considered "nuts." I know not whether laws be right, Or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long. Many hands make light work. There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep. Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before. - Polybius Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. - Voltaire I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. Sermons in stones and good in every thing. Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Think of a fine painter attempting to capture an inner vision, beginning with one corner of the canvas, painting what he thinks should be there, not quite pulling it off, covering it over with white paint, and trying again, each time finding out what his painting isn't, until he finally finds out what it is. And when you finally do find out what one corner of your vision is, you're off and running. 
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