All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.
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Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
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Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
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Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.
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A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.
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