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No, I was born in disfavor, a stepchild of life; and I was
pursued, hunted, in a word, cursed. Evidence of goofiness is easily found;
the more you dig into yourself, the more you turn up. Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you.
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
What a joke life is, if you take it seriously,
I am very ignorant, sir, but I am contented with my ignorance...
What the head brands as shameful may appear as sheer
beauty to the heart.
Do not build my Kingdom on lies.
If you can touch the clocks and never start them, then you can start the
clocks and never touch them. That's logic, as I know and use it.
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin'
Somebody help Brutus with his blind faith in all things printed. |
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You'll believe in more than
that before I'm finished with you. The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. The math says yes, but the mind boggles. Oh, Kitty, how nice it would be
if we could only get through into Looking Glass House! I'm sure it's got, oh! such beautiful things in it! There is a concatenation of all events in the best of possible worlds;
for, in short, had you not been kicked out of a fine castle for the love of
Miss Cunegund; had you not been put into the Inquisition; had you not
traveled over America on foot; had you not run the Baron through the body;
and had you not lost all your sheep, which you brought from the good country
of El Dorado, you would not have been here to eat preserved citrons and
pistachio nuts. I'm seeking death without the need to die. Imagine what would happen if, instead of attacking our enemies, we met
them with the same respect we give the people we love. Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a
house.
You finally own it and there's no one to live in it. You began life by accepting everything, then went on to denying
everything on principle. Now end your life by comprehending. A fire drill does not demand a fire. All you can do is lose your temper
Make sure you're right, then go ahead. |
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We’re going to use the enthusiasm of the people to open the doors of the
Temple. Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else—and it hasn't—it's
that girls should stick to girl's sports, such as hot oil wrestling and
foxy boxing and such and such. Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do. We are the dreamers of dreams. Contrariwise... If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would
be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. To love is an active verb and woman's a passive noun. Thinking's a dizzy business, a matter of catching as many of those
foggy as you can and fitting the together the best you can. Go—not knowing where.
Bring—not knowing what.
The path is long, the way unknown. There are only two sources of human vice—idleness and
superstition, and only two virtues—activity and
intelligence. Your faith is only in your words, Simon. |
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Everything we see and hear and smell and touch is temporary. In a
sense, it’s just an illusion. All of it. None of it will last forever. And
none of it has to be the way it is. This is important to keep in mind,
especially for someone like you, so passionate about fixing things that
can’t be fixed. Music is none of my
business. People who don't need a lock are lucky, aren't they? Man’s natural state is to be happy and productive. I want
to capture and direct that natural force, Flavius. It’s the most powerful
force on earth. Pay no attention to that man
behind the curtain.
Coercion is the least efficient means of obtaining order. I do nothing that a man of unlimited funds, superb physical endurance,
and maximum scientific knowledge could not do. There is a wisdom that is woe;
but there is a woe that is madness. People may be moved by words and ideas, but it takes example to make them
follow. Oh, I takes dat gospel |
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There is nothing certain, nothing at all except the unimportance of everything I
understand, and the greatness of something incomprehensible but all-important. What would Juve do?
Yabba-dabba-do!
All perverted men are admirers of women. I’ve killed men in my sleep. Why am I worried about what this woman
thinks? There's no place like home.
There's no place like home. There's no place like home. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as
a means of transportation. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps. You must let yourself be fooled, more or less, to live at all. Well, it doesn’t matter where you’re from. It’s where you’re going that
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