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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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“Whitewash on the forehead hardens the brain into a state of obstinacy, perhaps.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.”
― Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
― Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
“And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”
― The Painted Drum
― The Painted Drum
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