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Religion will never show the way.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Opinion Journalist
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He had been standing still for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.
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One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.
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To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, God did not create us to abandon us.
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Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
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Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
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Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.
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Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.
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From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron.
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Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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After all, the world is still great.
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When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.
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