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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

"You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative."
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"Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better."

"The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep."

"If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression."
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