"Of all crimes the worst Is to steal the glory From the great and brave, Even more accursed Than to rob the grave."

-- Robert Frost

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“And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness, Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.”
“I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.”
“What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.”
“I can conceive of no reason for all this administration of the higher to the lower, unless it be for the purpose of advancing our Father's children along the lines of eternal progression.”
“Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive”
“Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.”

Source : "Lewis: My fight with arthritis". www.theguardian.com. June 19, 1999.
“Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.”
“In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man was insufficient for even the smallest part of the wonders that lay within. It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do so properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn.”

Source : Iain Pears (1999). “An Instance of the Fingerpost”, Berkley Publishing Group

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