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I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor – not...
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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own...
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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not...
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Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with...
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Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists...
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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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The 6s, of course, was the worst time in the world to try to...
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One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts...
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Civilization has been thrust upon me… and it has not added one whit to...