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It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. – Thomas Carlyle

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A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. – Thomas Carlyle

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He not busy being born is busy dying. – Bob Dylan

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Yes, I worry that somebody will discover the truth about me — and not tell me what it is. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain, you look for it in vain. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. – George Moore

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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. – Edward Young

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Shadows sometimes people dont see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. – David Hockney

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When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us. – Sydney J. Harris

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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. – Carter G. Woodson

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