Quote #13

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

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  4. Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.
  5. All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
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  8. The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

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