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“I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.”
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“People diminish me; the longer I sit and listen to them, the more empty I feel but I don’t get the idea that they feel empty, I feel that they enjoy the sound from their mouths.”
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“Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free.”
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“There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you.”
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We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
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“This is very important – to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you’re gonna lose everything…just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very ...
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“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
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His pen was his scalpel, dissecting the mundane and the profound with equal gusto. A controversial figure? Absolutely. A misanthropic womanizer with a penchant for booze and cigarettes? Guilty as charged. But boring? Never!
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I’ve always had a nonsensical belief in myself and the universe. Basically what happens to me is, there’s an automatic reset that my brain goes into, where I say, “I might not be able to make it through the front door, like everybody else. But I’ll make it through ...
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Health
- Work out regularly and make the most of the time spent doing so
- You can’t buy health and time slowly takes it from you. Savor it like it’s the only thing you got.
- If your doctor isn’t coaching you when you are healthy, find a new doctor.
How We Downplay Our Success
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- "I got lucky or it was a fluke"
- "I’m a good actor, I fooled them"
- "It’s because they like me, they’re being polite, or it’s a social courtesy"
- "It sounds more impressive than it is"
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