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All power is in essence power to deny mortality.


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People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves

People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves



If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal.

If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal.



War is a sociological safety valve that cleverly diverts popular hatred for the ruling classes into a happy occasion to mutilate or kill foreign enemies.

War is a sociological safety valve that cleverly diverts popular hatred for the ruling classes into a happy occasion to mutilate or kill foreign enemies.



The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.

The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.



The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.



What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.

What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.



Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.



Ecological devastation is the excrement, so to speak, of man's power worship.

Ecological devastation is the excrement, so to speak, of man's power worship.



Horror alone brings peace of mind.

Horror alone brings peace of mind.



Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.

Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.





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You can't deal with being odd?...Become like them...Become drug delear...Live their lifes... have fun...and be honest...

You can't deal with being odd?...Become like them...Become drug delear...Live their lifes... have fun...and be honest...



10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.

10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.



Every person is so different and I dont think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then youre pretty lucky.

Every person is so different and I dont think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then youre pretty lucky.



He who have two grounds of trust is lost!

He who have two grounds of trust is lost!



No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.



Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.



To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give reality to one's dreams.

To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give reality to one's dreams.



As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary.

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary.



I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.

I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.



But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.




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