"Since man's highest mission on earth is to spiritualize everything, it is his excrement in particular that needs it most."
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"We are going through the eye of the needle; make sure you leave what you don't need behind"
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"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while."
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"California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that."
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"Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto"
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"There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred."
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"The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it."
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"If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing."
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"What a lot of things I don't need."
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"An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force."
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"There are times when you get hit upon, Try hard but you cannot give. Other times you'd gladly part, With what you need to live"
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"Whenever you feel ‘short’ or in ‘need’ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want."
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"You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!"
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"And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station"
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"Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die."
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"I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists"
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"Nothing can nourish the soul but LIGHT. Rid yourself of material needs and be set FREE."
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"I need some older, wiser being to cry to. I talk to God, but the sky is empty, and Orion walks by and doesn't speak."
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"It seems like people need to get into the last album until they can tolerate the next one. And then, slowly but surely, by the time the new one's available, they've gotten into the last one and they really love it."
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"We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect"
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