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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.

Irving Stone

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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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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