I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.

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Yes, I dont know why, but I have never been disappointed, and I often was in the early days, without feeling at the same time, or a moment later, an undeniable relief.

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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

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Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

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Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.

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When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a straight line, in reality he is going in a circle, I did my best to go in a circle, hoping to go in a straight line.

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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.

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