There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine — "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like paté."

Margaret Atwood

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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.

Chinese Proverb

He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

Winston Churchill

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

The beginning is the most important part of the work

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