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Quote by Samuel Butler
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficien

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – Samuel Butler

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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler

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Writing
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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. – Anais Nin

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The art of communication is the language of leadership. – James Humes

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Art

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. – Thomas Huxley

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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. – Andy Warhol

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Art

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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house. – John Madden, NBC Sports press conference, Super Bowl XLIII (2009)

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The future rewards those who press on. I dont have time to feel sorry for myself. I dont have time to complain. Im going to press on. – Barack Obama

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The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself. – Peter Abelard

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