The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make it.
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Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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