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 Skate to where the puck is going and not to where it's been.  They (the blacks) had no right which the white man was bound to respect. What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high. First publication is a pure, carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life. Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father. Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harsher blows, make acute and balanced observers. Boredom, like necessity, is very often the mother of invention. It takes vision and courage to create- it takes faith and courage to prove. Sadness flies away on the wings of time. If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. My advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into people, and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief. . . and unspeakable love. The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so. The destiny of man is in his own soul. I have come to esteem history as a component of friendships. In my case at least friendships are not igneous but sedimentary. Smiles form the channels of a future tear. If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna. You can never plan the future by the past. Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator. 
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