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Arnold Newman1 quote
Everybody I have ever known or read about who was really a great artist has worked until they dropped dead. — Arnold Newman · 2009Hesiod1 quote
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCMichael J. Fox1 quote
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. — Michael J. Fox · 1997