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"There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking."
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"Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them."

"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."

"Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."
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"I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it."


"If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like."


"If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln."


"Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it."


"I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject."
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