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For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.


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The idea is to die young as late as possible.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.



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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.



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The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.



The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask what they believe, just observe what they do.

The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask what they believe, just observe what they do.



The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.



The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.



The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken.

The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken.



Intellect without humanity is not good enough...what the world is suffering from at the present time is not so much an overabundance of intellect as an insufficiency of humanity.

Intellect without humanity is not good enough...what the world is suffering from at the present time is not so much an overabundance of intellect as an insufficiency of humanity.



By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.



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The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.





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maybe if people weren't so careless, then nothing would need to be caged.



Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.



There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.



The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.



We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like, you know, be who they are.

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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.



I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.

I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.



Sweet is war to those who know it not.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.



You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.




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