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This world is painted on a wild dark metal


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I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.



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In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.



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The purpose of our life is to help others through it.



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Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous



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Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?



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If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.



Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.



The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.



How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?



Be light, light, light - full of light!

Be light, light, light - full of light!





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I love, love, love to rehearse, but when you're rehearsing and then you go do it at night, it's a very weird thing.

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