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No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest wo

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. – Andre Gide

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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. – Andre Gide

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Travel
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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. – Andre Gide

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alone
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. – Andre Gide

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Men
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Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in The Fugitive. Thats how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has. – Will Smith

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In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution. – Wendell Willkie

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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesnt work. You can be politically incorrect if youre smart. – Mel Brooks

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I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words. – Albert Schweitzer

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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 – Bible

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The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day. – Samantha Barks

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The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. – Havelock Ellis

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As a kid, Id go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. Id be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles. – Adam Sandler

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