There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

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About André Gide

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André Paul Guillaume Gide (French: [ɑ̃dʁe pɔl ɡijom ʒid]; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to...

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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Every man has three characters-that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.

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You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

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There's a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don't know if that's true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.

—Lance Crouther

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I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

—Marc Chagall

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

—Vince Lombardi

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All work is the avoidance of harder work.

—James Richardson in Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays

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