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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lesson

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams

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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. – Abigail Adams

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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. – Abigail Adams

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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, Give, give. – Abigail Adams

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The statesmans duty is to bridge the gap between his nations experience and his vision. – Henry A. Kissinger

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In some movies you feel like youre a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, its a more concentrated and quiet experience. – Minnie Driver

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Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought thats the way theyre done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to. – Orlando Bloom

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Experience is the extract of suffering. – Arthur Helps

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