"The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely."

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"The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely."

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"When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit.And nearly choked to death.It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me."Wh...what is this?" I asked, coughing.Viktoria grinned. "Vodka."I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before.""Not Russian vodka."Apparently not."

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"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."

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"You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever."

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"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

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"Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"What happens to you during Life may seem out of your control; how you perceive each experience, however... good or bad... is totally up to you."

Donald L. Hicks, American Author

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"Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them."

Charles Simic, American Poet

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"It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning."

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