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Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.


Michelangelo

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Which is contained within the marble shell;
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Becomes a living mould,
The more the marble wastes
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while the oppression and the shame still last;
n...
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MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI Ancora Imparo

(Yet I am learning)
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