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He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Adversity
Value
Seen
Pleasure
Values

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Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive. And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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The artist's imagination may wander far from nature. But as long as it is a living, moving power in his brain, isn't it just as real as any other natural phenomenon? The artist justifies his existence only when he can transform his imagination into truth.
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Scores are absurdly important, One hundred points could easily make or break a kid.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it.
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Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
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