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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order t

The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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If youre climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Dont look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you dont think youre progressing until you step back and see how high youve really gone. – Donny Osmond

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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. – Saint Francis de Sales

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People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. – J. Michael Straczynski

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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. – Emily Dickinson

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