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 Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.  Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate. His religion at best is an anxious wish, - like that of Rebelais, a great Perhaps. Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer. He alone fails who gives up and lies down. Misfortunes occur only when a man is false.... Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. All for one; one for all. The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced - it can not be told. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is a vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world. Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals. If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this. Entrepreneurs, in accepting risk, achieve security for all. In embracing change, they ensure social and economic stability. I remember when I got married. I remember where I got married. But for the life of me, I can't remember why I got married. Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. Difficulties are things that show what men are. To burn always with this hard gemlike flame. To maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion. 
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