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 Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.  Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. When I was young, I said to God, "God, tell me the mystery of the universe." But God answered, "That knowledge is reserved for me alone." So I said, "God, tell me the mystery of the peanut." Then God said, "Well George, that's more nearly your size." And he told me. Trouble will rain on those who are already wet. Certain signs precede certain events. - Cicero I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short. Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer. The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Life has a practice of living you if you don't live it. An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut. Dignity, high station, or great riches are in some sort necessary to old men, in order to keep the younger at a distance, who are otherwise too apt to insult them upon the score of their age. The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles ... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother. Our prayers are often filled with selfish "wants"; God always answers with what we need. If you want to read about love and marriage you've got to buy two separate books. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. 
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