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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"Should we be mindful of dreams?" Joseph asked. "Can we interpret them?" The Master looked into his eyes and said tersely: "We should be mindful of everything, for we can interpret everything."

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Andre Gide Novelist
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"One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors they can no longer earn, and the duties they can no longer perform."

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