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Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light.


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If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.



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Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.



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It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.



A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.



To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.



If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.



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Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.





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