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"The language in which we are speaking is his before it is mine. How different are the words HOME, CHRIST, ALE, MASTER, on his lips and on mine! I cannot speak or write these words without unrest of spirit. His language, so familiar and so foreign, will always be for me an acquired speech. I have not made or accepted its words. My voice holds them at bay. My soul frets in the shadow of his language."
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"When we miss understanding, we meet misunderstanding. Misunderstanding always pushes understanding far away!"

"The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words."

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"When it occurs without having to voice it - vibin' on the same page, flowin' on the same wave, soakin' up the same light rays."

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"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."

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"The artist like the God of the creation remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork invisible refined out of existence indifferent paring his fingernails."
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