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Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.


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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast.



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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.



My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

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Vice is its own reward.

Vice is its own reward.



Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.



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