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The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.


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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.



Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.



The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'



Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.



The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.



Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.



I write to discover what I think.

I write to discover what I think.



Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.



Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.



We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.





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The degradation of most civilizations, contain a common thread. The 'synagogue of Satan' is behind all weaponized ignorance and hate.



Love is like slamming into a wall of concrete and asking to do it all again once the rubble is cleared.

Love is like slamming into a wall of concrete and asking to do it all again once the rubble is cleared.




Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.

Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.



The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.

The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.



I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California.

I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California.



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A bad ending follows a bad beginning.



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To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.




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