"I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a tract."

-- Francis Schaeffer

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“Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.”
“I don't know if I would refer to myself as a local celebrity.”
“He who does not like you will defame you in jest.”
“Like contemporary poetry , philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study which is why most of what gets done is so impoverished.”
“The ***** isn't a muscle so it doesn't grow in relation to the shoulders, say, or the pectorals. You can't make it bigger through exercise, that's for sure.”
“Meanwhile in my head, Iâ€™m undergoing open-heart surgery.”
“That's why it's hard, I think, to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. I love that line from the Bible, but it's so incredibly difficult sometimes, because when you've got reason to rejoice, you forget what it's like to mourn, even if you swear you never will. And because when you're mourning, the fact that someone close to you is rejoicing seems like a personal affront.”
“You learn more from your losses, than from your gains.”

Source : "Because a Stuyvesant Senior Made Millions Picking Stocks. His Hedge Fund Opens As Soon As He Turns 18". nymag.com. December 14, 2014.

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