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 I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forth-rightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.  Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist. When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits; on his manhood; he has gained the facts; learned his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. Golf is not a matter of life or death. It is much more important than that. We are always beginning to live, but are never living. - Manilius Without the incense of heartfelt prayer, even the greatest of cathedrals is dead. Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale. Too caustic? To hell with cost; we'll make the picture anyhow. Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg. We have all passed a lot of water since then. I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll never need. I do it to do it. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest. Real life seems to have no plots. Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night till it be morrow. Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life, to make things happen in a way that I thought I wanted them to be. I began to practice surrendering to the universe and finding out what "it" wanted me to do. If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches. When my wife was asked, "Do you take this man for richer or poorer . . ." she answered, "For richer." A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage. Pain is hard to bear.... But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood . . . Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris, until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford. 
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