Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.

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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.

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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.

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If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.

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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.

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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.

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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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Language is a virus from outer space.

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