It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue to shift, sift, to shake out and to double back. The synthesis that finally occurs can be in the most unexpected place and the most unexpected time. My charge ... is to be alert to the dawnings.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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Men have become the tools of their tools.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
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The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
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