"It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm."

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"It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm."

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"I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives."

"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown."

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"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."

"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."