"Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice."

-- Roger L'Estrange

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“A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.”
“My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.”
“There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me”
“If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.”
“Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when the outlook of men and the state of the world have undergone such profound changes.”
“Knowing her we will know that we are her divine children in a relationship of complete, unconditionally loving intimacy; we will know that nature is holy in all its sacred particulars because it is everywhere vibrant with her light and her love; we will know that we have come to this earth not, as some patriarchal mystical traditions have implied, to escape it but to embrace it fully, not to 'transcend' it but to arrive here in full presence, gratitude and love.”
“All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.”
“It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.”

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