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"Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar."
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"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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