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Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.


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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'



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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.



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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.



What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.



I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.



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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.



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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.



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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.



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We love the things that destroy us, because in that destruction we truly feel alive.



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The more we have received in silence, the more we give in action.



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If you at least try to do the things that excite you, it will make you a more expansive and present person - you’ll feel, at the end of your life, that at least you took the shot.



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