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Quote by Isak Dinesen
When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. – Isak Dinesen

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Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine. – Isak Dinesen

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Every man should have laws of his own, I should think commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work – or worry. – Gilbert Parker

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When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – John Ruskin

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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. – Thomas A. Edison

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People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. – William Hazlitt

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