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"The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses." Creativity, Men, Military 4.50 average rating  
"The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man." Age, Courage, Men 4.88 average rating  
"As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day." Beauty, Time, Writing  
"Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means." Miscellaneous  
"The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible." America, Books 4.16 average rating  
 


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