A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. -Sam Walton

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If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. ― Jean-Paul Sartre

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If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful. - Youssou N'Dour

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. ― Epictetus

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I got my Actors' Equity card officially by playing Nana the dog in 'Peter Pan' at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. That was the first show I did as a full-fledged, dues-paying member; I earned points in my MFA program, then went into the company after I graduated. - Norbert Leo Butz

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I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you. - Wally Amos

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Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. … I have 10 or so, and that’s a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them. - Gore Vidal

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No man is free who is not master of himself. ― Epictetus

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Absence, the highest form of presence.

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