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"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."
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"If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination."
"Look ahead, because life is before you, not behind you, or else you stumble!"
"Aimless life leads to depression."
"In order to answer the question "Where am I going?" you must possess decisiveness."
"The knowledge of "Where am I going?" sometimes depends on the faithfulness in little things."
"We must be focused on the goal that God has revealed to us."
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"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."
"Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center."
"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."
"The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising."
"You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art."
"The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south."
"I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form."
"I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot."
"As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot."
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