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That is the mission of art - to make us pause and look at a thing a second time.


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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.



Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.



Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.



It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.



Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.



To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.



Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.



Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.



Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.



I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.





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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.

Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.



There is always a demon inside every angel. And there is an angel inside every demon. All they need is a bit of darkness and light together to see each other's face.

There is always a demon inside every angel. And there is an angel inside every demon. All they need is a bit of darkness and light together to see each other's face.



Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched. It reminds me about some 'fall and rise again' in my life.

Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched. It reminds me about some 'fall and rise again' in my life.



I've always had this in a kind of worst-case dark imagination. I want to know what the dark form in the window is. I want to know what the noise under the staircase is.

I've always had this in a kind of worst-case dark imagination. I want to know what the dark form in the window is. I want to know what the noise under the staircase is.



Most evil comes from the belief that one is a victim, or one's group is a victim

Most evil comes from the belief that one is a victim, or one's group is a victim



Every time we mention the world, we must remember it is going to end.

Every time we mention the world, we must remember it is going to end.



He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.

He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.



Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.



Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.



The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.

The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.




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