Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?"
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William S. Burroughs
Writer
"Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative."
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative."
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist
"Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives."
Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"Such happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction."
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"While real perfection is only one, relative perfections must be many."
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"Even those of us who are very very aware are still so unaware. Everything's relative so that, the more you know, the more you know you don't know anything."
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"To be Canadian is to live in relative calm and with great dignity."
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"You have to have non-traditional ways of collaborating. But better is relative."
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"Time has only a relative existence."
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"Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you."
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"Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?"
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"Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition."
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"What is Thanksgiving without a nutty relative?"
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