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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.


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It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.



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Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.



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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.



We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.



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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.



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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.



He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.



Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.



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The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.



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Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.



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