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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats


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Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.



When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.



Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.

Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.



We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love

We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love



I have stopped being a misanthrope.

I have stopped being a misanthrope.



God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.



A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?

A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?



Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell

Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell



A political leader worthy of assassination

A political leader worthy of assassination



By walking, I found out where I was going.

By walking, I found out where I was going.





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My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.



A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.

A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.



The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.



I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.



A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him.

A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him.



Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.


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I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.



Well, everybody's a drummer, I'll tell you that right now. Everybody knows what's right rhythmically for a song, so there were always suggestions flying my way.

Well, everybody's a drummer, I'll tell you that right now. Everybody knows what's right rhythmically for a song, so there were always suggestions flying my way.



You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.




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