Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
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Stay with it. . . ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.
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Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
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If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
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