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Quote by Albert Schweitzer
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of th

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. – Albert Schweitzer

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We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privelege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself. – Albert Schweitzer

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So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things Ive found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best. – David Frum

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War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people whove got an incredible talent was just a great experience. – Tom Felton

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I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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