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Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that coll

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars. РAndr̩ Gide, Journals, 4 August 1930

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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no. – Jean Anouilh

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Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself. – John W. Raper

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