"I'm an old sinner. Nothing shocks me."
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"Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! [...] You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure."
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"In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit."
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"Have them all shot. I don't want any of my workers dissatisfied."
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"I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first."
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"We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane."
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"The heart and the mind, what an enigma."
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"I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears."
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"Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express."
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"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone."
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"Why should poetry have to make sense?"
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"I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment."
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"What a sad business is being funny!"
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"Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination."
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"During my incarceration Mother visited me. She had in some way managed to leave the workhouse and was making an effort to establish a home for us. Her presence was like a bouquet of flowers; she looked so fresh and lovely that I felt ashamed of my unkempt appearance and my shaved iodined head.'You must excuse his dirty face,' said the nurse.Mother laughed, and how well I remember her endearing words as she hugged and kissed me: 'With all thy dirt I love thee still."
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"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."
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"Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles."
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"There is greatness in everyone."
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"I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them."
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"I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful."
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