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Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.
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When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.
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When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.
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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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Write every day. Writing is a muscle that gets stronger with use.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
