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There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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I like people who like Plato.
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You cannot institute, without peril of charlatanism.
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Every man is a new method.
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Speak the affirmative emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.
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