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"The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey."
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"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

"The proper stuff of fiction does not exist everything is the proper stuff of fiction every feeling every thought every quality of brain and spirit is drawn upon no perception comes amiss. And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her as well as honour and love her for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured."

"Be an artist in everything you do."

"A good artist does not just make imaginations beautiful to the mind, but also more pleasant to the eye with a superb visible touch of excellence."

"The writing of somemenis like a vast bridgethat carries youoverthe many thingsthat claw and tear.The Wine of Forever."

"In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up."
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"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?"

"The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through."

"The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers."

"When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us."

"Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting."

"The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure."

"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."
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