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The strong man wants to be allowed to DO; the little man wants to stop him.


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Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.

Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.



I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.



Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.

Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.



How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean.

How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean.



Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.



In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.



Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.

Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.



Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.



Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.



Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.





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The UN is but a long-range, international banking apparatus clearly set up for financial and economic profit by a small group of powerful One-World revolutionaries, hungry for profit and power.

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I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.



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Sign language is my first language. English and Spanish are my second languages. I learned Spanish from my grandparents, sign language from my parents, and English from television.

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Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond, and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain the kingdom of Christ.

Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond, and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain the kingdom of Christ.



In these trying economic times, I believe the White House should have a minimalist touch: open floor plan, glass and steel, throw pillows, and an infinity pool.

In these trying economic times, I believe the White House should have a minimalist touch: open floor plan, glass and steel, throw pillows, and an infinity pool.



I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.




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