In spite of everything, I shall rise again

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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

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Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

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Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.

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I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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