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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes: What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just that shall man be for the superman: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment.
         

What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just that shall man be for the superman: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment.


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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.



There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.



Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.



There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.



I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.



There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.



You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.



I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.



Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.



The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.





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Today is a new day with boundless love and endless possibilities at your door.

Today is a new day with boundless love and endless possibilities at your door.



There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast.

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Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

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Worry is a waste of emotional reserve".

Worry is a waste of emotional reserve".



I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.

I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.



Everything I do is to become better, the best ever and I'm not going to stop.

Everything I do is to become better, the best ever and I'm not going to stop.



Eternity: The interval between the time when a woman discovers that a man is in love with her and the time when he finds it out himself and tells her about it.

Eternity: The interval between the time when a woman discovers that a man is in love with her and the time when he finds it out himself and tells her about it.



(The United States) is the same as al-Qaeda, under a different color flag, calling on the name a different God to sanction and approve our murder and our mayhem!

(The United States) is the same as al-Qaeda, under a different color flag, calling on the name a different God to sanction and approve our murder and our mayhem!



My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.

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