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Work accomplished means little. It is in the past. What we all want is the glorious and living present.
Sherwood Anderson
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Sherwood Anderson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1876
Born: September 13
Died: 1941
Died: March 8
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Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified.
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Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is almost sure to end up by becoming a bellyacher, constantly complaining because the public does not rush forward at once to proclaim him.
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If you are to become a writer you'll have to stop fooling with words.
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Realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art.
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Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. Be brave enough to dare to be loved. Be something more than man or woman. Be Tandy.
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