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Quote by Knut Hamsun
However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so dist

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. – Knut Hamsun

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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the passing, we have arrived. – Knut Hamsun

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Letters
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I have had much to learn from Swedens poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. – Knut Hamsun

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Poetry
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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. – Knut Hamsun

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Age
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If youre trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. Ive had them everybody has had them. But obstacles dont have to stop you. If you run into a wall, dont turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan

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Wisdom

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. – Aeschylus

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Wisdom

But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. – China Mieville

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Wisdom

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. – Wallace Stegner

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Wisdom

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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you dont want it. – Duke Ellington

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Art

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. – Geraldine Brooks

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Courage

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. – Jack London

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Helping

Dont be afraid to give up the good for the great. – Kenny Rogers

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Fear