"No one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at the first attempt; and in the interval between initial failure and subsequent success, in the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation. We suffer because we cannot spontaneously master the ingredients of fulfillment."

-- Alain de Botton

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“In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it is immensely refreshing to encounter such serious and sustained attention to the building blocks of inquiryâ€”and to the responsibilities thereby incurred. Designs on the Contemporary is a work of profound importance to the philosophy of anthropology. In conjunction with Rabinowâ€™s other works, it creates a nonpareil, a configuration of thought with no equal.”
“I think most kids have a sense that it's not supposed to be this way. You're not supposed to hate Monday, or be happy when you don't have to go to school. School should be something that you love. Life should be something that you love.”
“I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group.”
“I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.”
“The bottom line of Hollywood is money.”
“Not the ones speaking the same language,Â but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other.”
“I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.”
“What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

Source : Robert Lowry, “Nothing But The Blood”

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