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Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.


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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?



Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.



I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.



I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.

I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.



I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.



Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.



Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.



Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.



The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.



We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know how much in common that they have

We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know how much in common that they have





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If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.



I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.

I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.



Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.

Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.



Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.

Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.



The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.

The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.



Of course he wouldn't hesitate before trying something that had never been done before. He was Vlad Tepesh. How could he fail?

Of course he wouldn't hesitate before trying something that had never been done before. He was Vlad Tepesh. How could he fail?



One of the important things is that a lot of people forget that a biker club is a secret society.

One of the important things is that a lot of people forget that a biker club is a secret society.



I invite you to consider anew what you know and what you have; what you are here for and where you are going; and how you are going to do what you have come here to do. p 13

I invite you to consider anew what you know and what you have; what you are here for and where you are going; and how you are going to do what you have come here to do. p 13



Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?




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