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"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."
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"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."

"The power of reason is thought small in these days, but I remain an unrepentant rationalist. Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife. Therefore every orgy of unreason in the end strengthens the friends of reason, and shows afresh that they are the only true friends of humanity."

"The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it."

"I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept."

"No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs."
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"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

"All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination."

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

"We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more."

"Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better."

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."

"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."
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