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The painting that we admire on a gallery wall is only the tip of an iceberg of studies, sketches, experiments and abandoned blind alleys, while Instagram reveals that the art of amateur sketch-booking is also alive and well, with hashtags
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“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”
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“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
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Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
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“A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.”
― The Dark Tower
― The Dark Tower
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