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Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.


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Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.



The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.



Find what you love and let it kill you.

Find what you love and let it kill you.



If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.



I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.





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No popularity exists when tragedy strikes. All that's left are human hearts and love and ache. We all love each other, deep down, and when we see another soul in pain we can't help but hurt too.

No popularity exists when tragedy strikes. All that's left are human hearts and love and ache. We all love each other, deep down, and when we see another soul in pain we can't help but hurt too.



Blind zeal can only do harm.

Blind zeal can only do harm.



A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.



A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.



I believe from what I can see there is a good chance the shift will happen in humanity before it is too late.

I believe from what I can see there is a good chance the shift will happen in humanity before it is too late.



It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights.

It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights.



You're making it about them. This has got about you, because you don't have peace

You're making it about them. This has got about you, because you don't have peace



Artists never seem to get bored with life.

Artists never seem to get bored with life.



There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.



You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.




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