"Can't you see that it's just raining? There ain't no need to go outside."
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"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."
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"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?"
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"Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life"
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"If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't any arguments or curses like in the movies. See, your murderers come with smiles, they come as your friends, the people who've cared for you all of your life. And they always seem to come at a time that you're at your weakest and most in need of their help."
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"if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search."
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"Whatever you do, just don't stand still. Make the changes you need today, so you can live the life you want, tomorrow."
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"I will offer thanks for someone who paid a price for offering compassion to me. I will place myself beneath the cross of another who needs my compassion."
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"Learn to leave things. If you don't have an interest in something, you don't need even to transcend it!"
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"I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told."
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"No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings."
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"Everybody needs hugs."
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"The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love."
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"One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared."
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"We need other human beings in order to be human."
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"It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help."
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"They kind of go hand-in-hand. Following your motivation, resting when you need to rest, and going for it when you feel inspired."
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"There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens."
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"Baseball needs more superstars."
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"It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard when you want them to see things your way."
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