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"Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work."
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"When your emotions are in motion, take a break and ponder!"
"The real you is not you, the real you is what is within you. What is behind your joy or your melancholy. What gives you the reason to ponder. What moves or stops you. What makes you you is you."
"If you want to know the real character of man, intentionally and timely give him the test of 3d's; delay, denial and disappointment."
"The real trouble with reality is that there is no background music."
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"The greatest clue to changing people is to know and understand what trigger change in people and effectively apply such things in wisdom."
"No one is absolutely free from religion and philosophy, for the life we live is always under the influence of religion and philosophy!"
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"All theorieslike clichesshot to hell,all these small faceslooking upbeautiful and believing;I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believe but believe is agraveyard. we have narrowed it down tothe butcherknife and themockingbird wish usluck."
"I know that some nightin some bedroomsoonmy fingers willriftthroughsoft cleanhairsongs such as no radioplaysall sadness, grinninginto flow."
"There's too much coldness in the world," I told her. "If people would only talk things out together it would help."
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."
"I don't like the clean-shaven boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of surprises and explosions."
"People see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin."
"I found the best thingI could dowas just to type awayat my own workand let the dyingdieas they always have."
"Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is."
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