An Arab proverb notes, “If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head.
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For making a sculpture, Auguste Rodin said, “I choose a block of marble, and chop off everything I don’t need.
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When asked how he made his beautiful sculptures, Auguste Rodin answered, “I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.
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Henry Miller once suggested that the man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.