"I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford."
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"Money is a good servant, a dangerous master."
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"In every Art it is good to have a master. [In every art it is good to have a master.]"
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"A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt."
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"I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils"
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"The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations."
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"Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things."
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"Vittoria slipped off her robe. 'You've never been to bed with a yoga master, have you?"
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"No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?"
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"The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)"
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"From this hour, freedom! Going where I like, my own master."
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"But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine."
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"The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States."
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"O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!"
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"To master the piano is to master the universe."
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"A young mistress is better than an old master."
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"The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master."
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"Mastery is often taken for egotism."
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"If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it."
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"With Master Ren, if I'd tell him I can't do that and he'd say, yes you can, and it turns out I very much can do it."
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