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"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."
"I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair"
"I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition."
"Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory."
"Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is."
"A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads."
"Good and great are seldom in the same man."
"Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy."
"The world is not divided into two types of being, one superior and the other merely surrounding it. Being, nature, the universe - they are all one infinitely complex and mysterious metaorganism of which we are but a part, though a unique one."
"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."
"The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air."
"Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion."
"Don't bury your failures, let them inspire you."
"I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained."
"Quitting is the easiest thing to do."
"Stay hungry, stay foolish."
"I told [Bill Gates] I believed every word of what I said but that I should never have said it in public. I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger."
"There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point"
"I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again."