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 It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well.  Prayer, to the patriarchs and prophets, was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Bible A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it. I am a member of the rabble in good standing. Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. I know that through the grace of God, I am the founder of Manitoba. The image of God cut in ebony. The ideal never comes. Today is ideal for him who makes it so. Enjoy yourself. These are the "good old days" you're going to miss in the years ahead. We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still too close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest... might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion, as it had before. A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man. Give me good health and I'll take care of the rest. If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, cut me down! If I die, avenge me! Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Courage - fear that has said its prayers. I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. He that fights and runs away Will live to fight another day. My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. 
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