
“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul, be just another human soul.”
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“I was looked at, but I wasn't seen.”
― El Extranjero
― El Extranjero
“You have to be odd to be number one”
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“The intellect is a chisel that you can use to tear away at the false stuff, but you're supposed to do it in the service of creating sculpture, you know? You're supposed to be bringing something out of whatever you're chiseling away at.
If you take that chisel and just knock it all the way down through, then you end up with nothing, and that's no fun.”
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If you take that chisel and just knock it all the way down through, then you end up with nothing, and that's no fun.”
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“For she had eyes and chose me.”
― Othello
― Othello

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