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"That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying."
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"I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them."
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"Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is."
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"Another merit of home is that it preserves the diversity between individuals. If we were all alike, it might be convenient for the bureaucrat and the statistician, but it would be very dull, and would lead to a very unprogressive society."
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"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Those who continually search for happiness will never find it. Happiness is made, not found. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."
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"The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security."
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"I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing."
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"I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies."
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"There would be too great darkness, if truth had not visible signs."
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"There would be brilliant songs, but, as [Bob] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about him (No Direction Home), the specific muse that inspired "It's Alright Ma" would not return."
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"If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the Nobel Prize."
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"If you're wanting something salty, do air-popped popcorn. That, to me, would be a healthier choice than having any kind of fried chip."
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"Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything."
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"You couldn't make a cheap drama. That would be too low-budget. Drama has to have good photography and well-known actors."
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"I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter."
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"To say I'll make your dreams come true would be wrong, but maybe, darling, I could help them along."
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"It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live."
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"My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tournament top 18, that would be pretty good."
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"It would be great if all the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow."
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