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"I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace."
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"Be careful not to appear obsessively intellectual. When intelligence fills up, it overflows a parody."
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