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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

"You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine."
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"I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now."

"The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news."

"One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways."

"Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do."

"Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you were before you asked."

"To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves."
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