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"When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace."
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"Style is primarily a matter of instinct."
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"The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason."
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"Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct."
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"It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water."
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"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"
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"The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves."
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"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
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"When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights."
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"Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse."
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"A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy."
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"If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell."
Hell

"In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated."
History

"Language is froth on the surface of thought."
Thought

"Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money."
Money

"Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance."
Love

"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
Theory

"We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries."
Capitalism

"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice."
Advice

"An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth."
Knowledge

"Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking."
People
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