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To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.

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I am never afraid of what I know.

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[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.

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Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

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The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.

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They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

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Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

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You always pass failure on the way to success.

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A man can do all things if he but wills them.

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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

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