You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

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"We are most alive when we are in love."

- John Updike

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"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

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"Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better."

- John Updike

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"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price."

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"What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit."

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

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"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

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"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

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