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 Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.  Success for the striver washes away the effort of striving. - Pindar Magic lives in curves, not angles. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.' There were angry men confronting me and I caught the flashing of defiant eyes, but above me and within me, there was a spirit stronger than them all. Why did God make man before he made woman? Because he didn't want any advice on how to do it. Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep. The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner. My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill, he gave me six months more. There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's attention or check his habitual pace of reading - he should feel that he is seated at ease in a taxi, not riding a temperamental horse through traffic. May you live all the days of your life. All profoundly original work looks ugly at first. Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy. At the end of a long introduction: You omitted perhaps one thing - that in 1974 I had a hemorrhoidectomy. There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud. Bad weather always looks worse through a window. Every life is a possession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda. Remember that you are an Englishman and consequently have won first prize in the lottery of life. Many people believe they are attracted by God, or by Nature when they are only repelled by Man. 
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