Adventure Quote by Irving Stone

““There seemed to be that same fierce quest after truth, the same unafraid penetration, the same feeling that character is beauty, no matter how sordid it may appear.””

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You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

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“Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.”

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“From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through…

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Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell…

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You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe…

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“Only suffering grows big artists.”

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“The fields that push up the corn, and the water that rushes down the ravine, the juice of the grape, and the life of…

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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.

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Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of…

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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

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