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some genius of the South With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth, Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds.


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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.



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Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.



Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

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We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.



We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.



In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.



No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.



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Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers



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