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Quote by Ben Okri
The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. – Ben Okri

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One of the greatest gifts my father gave me – unintentionally – was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. – Ben Okri

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Courage
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Dont despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. – Ben Okri

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best
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In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure. – Mike Krzyzewski

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There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and becomes an actual failure, a mere experimentation. – Brian Ferneyhough

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There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell. – Sean Lennon

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Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure. – Gary Ryan Blair

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There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization. – Brad Henry

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I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence. – Adam Rickitt

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Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. – Arthur Miller

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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. – Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires

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