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"Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does."
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"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"

"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."

"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

"Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads."

"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"
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