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"And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you."

"But the character of the music emphasized the tale as allegory--humorous, poignant, humane allegory--disclosing the metamorphosis of life itself, in which man moves from confident inexperience through..."

"I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I had said too little."

"You can never make someone like something they don't like, but you can always help them to better understand it."

"The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one."

"Supercomputer pioneer Seymour Cray used to deliberately hire for inexperience because it brought him people who "do not usually know what's supposed to be impossible."

"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."

"It was one of the only times in my teaching career that I got angry and showed it in class. I was young and inexperienced, and I thought certain standards were respected and understood."

"Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you."

"Mrs Guinea answered my letter and invited me to lunch at her home. That was where I saw my first finger-bowl.The water had a few cherry blossoms floating in it, and I thought it must be some clear sor..."