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May 2012 (8) o 10: “I’m A Fan, Personally, Of Art That Sucks At Marketing Itself.” o 09: “Get Wild, Drink Whiskey And Drive Fast On Empty Streets With Nothing In Mind But Falling In Love And Not Getting Arrested.” o 08: “Happiness Is Beneficial For The Body, But It Is Grief That Develops The Powers Of The Mind.” o 07: “Those Who Have The Privilege To Know Have The Duty To Act.” o 05: “People Don’t Like Surprises When They’re Dancing.” o 04: ”Maybe All One Can Do Is Hope To End Up With The Right Regrets.” o 03: “Some People Are Old At 18 And Some Are Young At 90… Time Is A Concept That Humans Created.” o 01: “Who Wants To Hear The Truth When They Can Hear That They’re Right?” April 2012 (26) o 30: “There’s Such An Effort To Try And Explain People.” o 29: “The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off.” o 28: “Nothing So Needs Reforming As Other People’s Habits.” o 27: “There May Be More Beautiful Times, But This One Is Ours.” o 26: “The Three Most Harmful Addictions Are Heroin, Carbohydrates, And A Monthly Salary.” o 25: “If Aliens Are Just Like Us, Then They Should Be Feared.” o 24: “Nobody Realizes That Some People Expend Tremendous Energy Merely To Be Normal.” o 23: “In Art And Dream May You Proceed With Abandon. In Life May You Proceed With Balance And Stealth.” o 20: “Some Day You Will Be Old Enough To Start Reading Fairy Tales Again.” o 19: “Sometimes I Would Like To Ask God Why He Allows Poverty, Suffering, And Injustice When He Could Do Something About It. But I’m Afraid He Would Ask Me The Same Question.” o 18: “I’ve Developed A New Philosophy… I Only Dread One Day At A Time.” o 17: “Re-Examine All You Have Been Told At School Or Church Or In Any Book, Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul.” o 17: “Resign Yourself To The Lifelong Sadness That Comes From Never Being Satisfied.” o 16: “I Like The Comfort In Knowing That Women Are The Only Future In Rock And Roll.” o 16: “Being Good In Business Is The Most Fascinating Kind Of Art.” o 13: “Faith In The Supernatural Begins As Faith In The Superiority Of Others.” o 11: “If The Path Be Beautiful, Let Us Not Ask Where It Leads.” o 10: “Silence Is One Of The Great Arts Of Conversation.”

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09: “Never Give A Sword To A Man Who Can’t Dance.” 08: “I Don’t Care About Someone Being Intelligent; Any Situation Between People, When They Are Really Human With Each Other, Produces ‘Intelligence.’” o 07: “The Innocent And The Beautiful Have No Enemy But Time.” o 06: “The Truth Is That Our Finest Moments Are Most Likely To Occur When We Are Feeling Deeply Uncomfortable, Unhappy, or Unfulfilled.” o 05: “A Wise Person Decides Slowly But Abides By These Decisions.” o 04: “The Shoemaker’s Children Go Barefoot.” o 03: “Forgiveness Is The Fragrance That The Violet Sheds On The Heel That Has Crushed It.” o 02: “Every Flower Has To Go Through A Lot Of Dirt.” March 2012 (66) o 30: “One Important Key To Success Is Self-Confidence. An Important Key To Self-Confidence Is Preparation.” o 29: “Home Is An Invention On Which No One Has Yet Improved.” o 28: “If You Want Something In Your Life You’ve Never Had, You’ll Have To Do Something, You’ve Never Done.” o 27: “A Crisis Is Just The End Of An Illusion.” o 26: “Yesterday I Was Clever, So I Wanted To Change The World. Today I Am Wise, So I Am Changing Myself.” o 25: “With My Eyes Turned To The Past, I Walk Backwards Into The Future.” o 24: “I Prefer The Company Of Peasants Because They Have Not Been Educated Sufficiently To Reason Incorrectly.” o 23: “When You Discover You Are Riding A Dead Horse, The Best Strategy Is To Dismount.” o 22: “If Your Ship Doesn’t Come In, Swim Out To It.” o 21: “Don’t Worry About People Stealing Your Design Work. Worry About The Day They Stop.” o 20: “What A Lovely Surprise To Finally Discover How Unlonely Being Alone Can Be.” o 19: “Let Him That Would Move The World First Move Himself.” o 18: “The Grass Is Always Greener Where You Water It.” o 17: “I Don’t Drink Water. Fish Fuck In It.” o 17: “You May Not Realize It When It Happens, But A Kick In The Teeth May Be The Best Thing In The World For You.” o 17: “A Great Man Is The Man Who Does Something For The First Time.” o 16: “Laughter Is America’s Most Important Export.” o 16: “You Can Tell A Lot About A Person By How Quickly They Dismiss Something They Don’t Understand.” o 16: “Figure Out What Is Really Important In Life And Skip The Rest.” o 15: “It Began In Mystery, And It Will End In Mystery, But What A Savage And Beautiful Country Lies In Between.” o 15: “Friends Don’t Let Friends Be Mediocre.” o 15: “The Best Way To Ensure That Lucky Things Happen Is To Make Sure A Lot Of Things Happen.” o 14: “Creativity Is The Residue Of Time Wasted.”
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14: “Smile, It Lets Your Teeth Breathe.” 14: “Everything Has Its Beauty But Not Everyone Sees It.” 13: “Sometimes When You Get The Blues There Might Be A Damned Good Reason.” 13: “If You Never Chase Your Dreams You’ll Never Catch Them.” 13: “As Soon As You Stop Wanting Something, You Get It.” 12: “You Have Enemies? Good. That Means You’ve Stood Up For Something, Sometime In Your Life.” 12: “History Is The Fiction We Invent To Persuade Ourselves That Events Are Knowable And That Life Has Order And Direction.” 12: “There Is Nothing New In Art Except Talent.” 11: “There Is No Right Or Wrong. Just The Consequences Of Your Actions.” 11: “Pain And Suffering Are Always Inevitable For A Large Intelligence And A Deep Heart.” 11: “Don’t Do What You Want. Do What You Don’t Want. Do What You’re Trained Not To Want. Do The Things That Scare You The Most.” 10: “Let’s Face It, We’re All Just A Bunch Of Fucking Morons Running Around Like Idiots.” 10: “Adults Are Just Obsolete Children And The Hell With Them.” 10: “Be The Kind Of Woman That When Your Feet Hit The Floor Each Morning The Devil Says, ‘Oh Crap, She’s Up!’” 09: “Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone. The Truth Is, You Knew Exactly What You Had; You Just Thought You’d Never Lose It.” 09: “Don’t Ever Wrestle With A Pig. You’ll Both Get Dirty, But The Pig Will Enjoy It.” 09: “Losers Wait For Motivation. Winners Just Get Shit Done.” 08: “If The Lessons Of History Teach Us Anything It Is That Nobody Learns The Lessons That History Teaches Us.” 08: “Normal Is Getting Dressed In Clothes That You Buy For Work And Driving Through Traffic In A Car That You Are Still Paying For.” 08: “I Don’t Know The Key To Success, But The Key To Failure Is Trying To Please Everybody.” 07: “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Find Out If The Loser Gets Anything.” 07: “The Tragedy Of Life Doesn’t Lie In Not Reaching Your Goal. The Tragedy Lies In Having No Goals To Reach.” 07: “People Cannot Discover New Lands Until They Have The Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore.” 06: “Until You’ve Lost Your Reputation, You Never Realize What A Burden It Was.” 06: “Somewhere On This Globe, Every Ten Seconds, There Is A Woman Giving Birth To A Child. She Must Be Found And Stopped.” 06: “My Friends Tell Me I Have An Intimacy Problem. But They Don’t Really Know Me.” 05: “Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken.” 05: “If You Don’t Make Mistakes, You’re Not Working On Hard Enough Problems. And That’s A Big Mistake.”

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05: “I Hear And I Forget. I See And I Remember. I Do And I Understand.” 04: “Don’t Worry About The World Coming To An End Today. It’s Already Tomorrow In Australia.” o 04: “Don’t Feel Stupid If You Don’t Like What Everyone Else Pretends To Love.” o 04: “I’d Rather Be Hated For Who I Am, Than Loved For who I Am Not.” o 03: “There Are Only Two Ways Of Telling The Complete Truth – Anonymously And Posthumously.” o 03: “Never Try And Teach A Pig To Think … It Doesn’t Work, And Will Only Upset The Pig.” o 03: “Who Looks Outside, Dreams; Who Looks Inside, Awakes.” o 02: “Computers Are Useless. They Can Only Give You Answers.” o 02: “Tomorrow Is Often The Busiest Day Of The Week.” o 02: “Eighty Percent Of Success Is Showing Up.” o 02: “The Tooth Fairy Teaches Children That They Can Sell Body Parts For Money.” o 01: “The Greatest Obstacle To Discovery Is Not Ignorance; It Is The Illusion Of Knowledge.” o 01: “Sometimes I Worry About Being A Success In A Mediocre World.” o 01: “People Often Say That Motivation Doesn’t Last. Well, Neither Does Bathing – That’s Why We Recommend It Daily.” o 01: “Even If You’re On The Right Track, You’ll Get Run Over If You Just Sit There.” February 2012 (110) o 29: “We Learn Something Every Day, And Lots Of Times It’s That What We Learned The Day Before Was Wrong.” o 29: “Advice Is What We Ask For When We Already Know The Answer But Wish We Didn’t.” o 29: “When A Person Can No Longer Laugh At Himself, It Is Time For Others To Laugh At Him.” o 29: “There Are Many Who Dare Not Kill Themselves For Fear Of What The Neighbors Will Say.” o 28: “All Men Are Frauds. The Only Difference Between Them Is That Some Admit It. I Myself Deny It.” o 28: “When I Was A Boy I Was Told That Anybody Could Become President. Now I’m Beginning To Believe It.” o 28: “The Trouble With The Rat Race Is That Even If You Win, You’re Still A Rat.” o 27: “Blessed Is He Who Expects Nothing, For He Shall Never Be Disappointed.” o 27: “My Definition Of A Free Society Is A Society Where It Is Safe To Be Unpopular.” o 27: “Work Like You Don’t Need Money, Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt, And Dance Like No One’s Watching.” o 27: “An Intellectual Is A Person Who Has Discovered Something More Interesting Than Sex.” o 26: “Those Who Believe In Telekinetics, Raise My Hand.” o 26: “I Am Patient With Stupidity But Not With Those Who Are Proud Of It.”
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26: “Always Forgive Your Enemies – Nothing Annoys Them So Much.” 25: “You Must Be The Change You Wish To See In The World.” 25: “You Miss 100 Percent Of The Shots You Never Take.” 25: “You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything.” 24: “The Richest Man Is Not He Who Has The Most, But He Who Needs The Least.” 24: “Anxiety Is The Dizziness Of Freedom.” 24: “You Have Your Way. I Have My Way. As For The Right Way, The Correct Way, And The Only Way, It Does Not Exist.” 23: “Good Judgement Comes From Experience. Experience Comes From Bad Judgement.” 23: “No Masterpiece Was Ever Created By A Lazy Artist.” 23: “The Object Was Not To Stay Alive But To Stay Human.” 22: “Progress Might Have Been All Right Once, But It Has Gone On Too Long.” 22: “Three May Keep A Secret, If Two Of Them Are Dead.” 22: “Youth Is A Wonderful Thing. What A Crime To Waste It On Children.” 21: “A Good Laugh And A Long Sleep Are The Two Best Cures.” 21: “You Can Get Addicted To A Certain Kind Of Sadness.” 21: “The Problem With Political Jokes Is They Get Elected.” 20: “I’m Not My Name. My Name Is Something I Wear, Like A Shirt. It Gets Worn. I Outgrow It, I Change It.” 20: “Doubts Are Like Stains On A Shirt. I Like Shirts With Stains, Because When I’m Given A Shirt That’s Too Clean, One That’s Completely White, I Immediately Start Having Doubts.” 20: “Mediocrity Is Like A Spot On Your Shirt, It Never Comes Off.” 20: “Ah! How Annoying That The Law Doesn’t Allow A Woman To Change Husbands Just As One Does Shirts.” 20: “There Are Other Measures Of Self-Respect For A Man, Than The Number Of Clean Shirts He Puts On Every Day.” 20: “Literature Is About As Unnecessarily Necessarily As Tableware Or Ironed Shirts.” 19: “Love Is What You’ve Been Through With Somebody.” 19: “The Art Of Love Is Largely The Art Of Persistence.” 19: “Without Love, The Rich And Poor Live In The Same House.” 19: “We Are Each Of Us Angels With Only One Wing, And We Can Only Fly By Embracing One Another.” 19: “To Love Is To Receive A Glimpse Of Heaven.” 19: “Love Is A Symbol Of Eternity. It Wipes Out All Sense Of Time, Destroying All Memory Of A Beginning And All Fear Of An End.” 18: “Love Is Metaphysical Gravity.” 18: “You Don’t Marry Someone You Can Live With, You Marry The Person Who You Cannot Live Without.” 18: “The Only Time A Woman Really Succeeds In Changing A Man Is When He Is A Baby.” 18: “A Kiss Is A Lovely Trick Designed By Nature To Stop Speech When Words Become Superfluous.”

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18: “Nobody Has Ever Measured, Not Even Poets, How Much The Heart Can Hold.” 18: “There Is No Remedy For Love But To Love More.” 17: “Love Makes Your Soul Crawl Out From Its Hiding Place.” 17: “Anyone Can Be Passionate, But It Takes Real Lovers To Be Silly.” 17: “Love Is An Irresistible Desire To Be Irresistibly Desired.” 17: “Love Is Being Stupid Together.” 17: “What The World Really Needs Is More Love And Less Paper Work.” 17: “Love Is The Poetry Of The Senses.” 16: “True Love Is Like Ghosts, Which Everybody Talks About And Few Have Seen.” 16: “If Love Is Blind, Why Is Lingerie So Popular?” 16: “Love Is But The Discovery Of Ourselves In Others, And The Delight In The Recognition.” 16: “True Love Stories Never Have Endings.” 16: “To Love And Win Is The Best Thing. To Love And Lose, The Next Best.” 16: “If You Love Someone, Let Them Go. If They Return To You, It Was Meant To Be. If They Don’t, Their Love Was Never Yours To Begin With.” 15: “Love Is Like Playing The Piano. First You Must Learn To Play By The Rules, Then You Must Forget The Rules And Play From Your Heart.” 15: “How Can A Woman Be Expected To Be Happy With A Man Who Insists On Treating Her As If She Were A Perfectly Normal Human Being.” 15: “Love – A Wildly Misunderstood Although Highly Desirable Malfunction Of The Heart Which Weakens The Brain, Causes Eyes To Sparkle, Cheeks To Glow, Blood Pressure To Rise And The Lips To Pucker.” 15: “True Love Comes Quietly, Without Banners Or Flashing Lights. If You Hear Bells, Get Your Ears Checked.” 15: “When We Find Someone Whose Weirdness Is Compatible With Ours, We Join Up With Them And Fall Into Mutually Satisfying Weirdness—And Call It Love—True Love.” 15: “If You Live To Be A Hundred, I Want To Live To Be A Hundred Minus One Day So I Never Have To Live Without You.” 14: “Kisses Are A Better Fate Than Wisdom.” 14: “Better To Have Loved And Lost, Than To Have Never Loved At All.” 14: “All You Need Is Love. But A Little Chocolate Now And Then Doesn’t Hurt.” 14: “Without Love, What Are We Worth? Eighty-Nine Cents! Eighty-Nine Cents Worth Of Chemicals Walking Around Lonely.” 14: “Without Valentine’s Day, February Would Be… Well, January.” 14: “The Eskimo Has Fifty-Two Names For Snow Because It Is Important To Them: There Ought To Be As Many For Love.” 13: “Everything In The World Is About Sex Except Sex. Sex Is About Power.” 13: “Work In Public. Reveal Nothing.” 13: “Google Before You Tweet Is The New Think Before You Speak.” 12: “There’s Nothing Better Than Talking To A Good, Mean Jesuit.” 12: “The Universe Is Huge And Ridiculous And Sometimes There Are Miracles.” 12: “Religion Is The Opium Of The People.”

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11: “The Most Heroic Word In All Languages Is REVOLUTION.” 11: “Keep Your Coins. I WANT CHANGE!” 11: “What Good Is A Conscience If It Is Not Awakened?” 10: “You Don’t Become Evil All At Once.” 10: “If You Judge A Book By It’s Cover, You Might Miss Out On An Amazing Story.” o 10: “1984 Was Not Supposed To Be An Instruction Manual.” o 09: “If You Cannot Be A Poet, Be The Poem.” o 09: “It Is Better To Be Alone Than In Bad Company.” o 09: “The Two Most Important Days In Your Life Are The Day You Were Born And The Day When You Find Out Why.” o 08: “We Are Unusual And Tragic And Alive.” o 08: “Life Is Like Photography. You Use The Negative To Develop.” o 08: “If There’s A Fear Of Falling, The Only Safety Is Deliberately Jumping.” o 07: “If You Want To Achieve Greatness Stop Asking For Permission.” o 07: “Hard Work Beats Talent, When Talent Doesn’t Work Hard.” o 07: “Choose A Job You Love, And You Will Never Have To Work A Day In Your Life.” o 06: “If You Keep Saying Things Are Going To Be Bad, You Have A Good Chance Of Being A Prophet.” o 06: “A College Education Never Hurt Anybody Who Was Willing To Learn After He Got It.” o 06: “High School Is Closer To The Core Of The American Experience Than Anything Else I Can Think Of.” o 05: “Killing Under The Cloak Of War Is No Different Than Murder.” o 05: “Of 100 Unsaved Men, 1 Will Read The Bible; 99 Will Read The Christian.” o 05: “Though Our Feelings Come And Go, God’s Love For Us Does Not.” o 04: “A Society That Will Trade A Little Liberty For A Little Order Will Lose Both, And Deserve Neither.” o 04: “Be Who You Are And Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don’t Matter And Those Who Matter Don’t Mind.” o 04: “Some People Feel The Rain. Others Just Get Wet.” o 03: “Who Said Nights Are For Sleeping?” o 03: “The Price Of An Education Should Be Lower Than The Price Of A Gun.” o 03: “You’re Only Allowed Three Great Women In Your Lifetime.” o 02: “Listen, Smile, Agree, And Then Do Whatever The Fuck You Were Gonna Do Anyway.” o 02: “Imperfection Is Beauty, Madness Is Genius And It’s Better To Be Absolutely Ridiculous Than Absolutely Boring.” o 02: “There’s No Next Time. It’s Now Or Never.” o 01: “Failure Is Potential Without Any More Time.” o 01: “When One Is Finally Feeling Lucid, Clear-Eyed And Rational, People Always Ask If One’s Drunk.” o 01: “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” January 2012 (93)
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31: “We Start To Feel Grateful When We Realize How Little We Actually Deserve.” 31: “There Are Worse Things In Life Than Death. Have You Ever Spent An Evening With An Insurance Salesman?” 31: “Live Your Dream, Not Your Backup Plan.” 30: “If You Would Know A Man, Observe How He Treats A Cat.” 30: “For Almost Seventy Years The Life Insurance Industry Has Been A Smug Sacred Cow Feeding The Public A Steady Line Of Sacred Bull.” 30: “We Give The Kids With The Greatest Challenges The Crummiest Education And Then Say ‘Poverty Is Destiny.’” 29: “The Future Belongs To The Curious.” 29: “If God Exists, I Hope He Has A Good Excuse.” 29: “The World Is A Classroom: Everyone’s Here Trying To Get Better.” 28: “No One Has Ever Written, Painted, Sculpted, Modeled, Built, Or Invented Except Literally To Get Out Of Hell.” 28: “Why Not Try Peace For A Change? If Later We Learn That War Is Better, We Can Go Back To Fighting.” 28: “Should I Kill Myself Or Have A Cup Of Coffee?” 27: “A Gentleman Is Simply A Patient Wolf.” 27: “It Is Better To Fail In Originality Than To Succeed In Imitation.” 27: “Judging By The Amount Of Shit It Throws At People, Life Is A Monkey.” 26: “Those Who Live By The Hype Die By The Hype.” 26: “I Disapprove Of What You Say, But I Will Defend To The Death Your Right To Say It.” 26: “Success In Life Is Directly Proportional To The Number Of Awkward Conversations You’re Willing To Have.” 25: “Cancel My Subscription, I’m Over Your Issues.” 25: “When I Was A Kid, I Wanted To Be Older… This Shit Was Not What I Expected.” 25: “To Be Old And Wise, You Must First Be Young And Stupid.” 24: “Almost All The Time, You Tell Yourself You’re Loving Somebody When You’re Just Using Them.” 24: “The Trick To Comedy Is Being Able To Unmercifully Make Fun Of Yourself Without Having Thoughts Of Suicide.” 24: “Don’t Try. Trying Is Failing With Grace. Just Do Your Best.” 23: “You Get Up Early In The Morning And You Work All Day. That’s The Only Secret.” 23: “Sometimes The Only Way To Act Is Not To Think All The Consequences Through.” 23: “If You’re Not Failing, You’re Not Working.” 22: “The Things You Own End Up Owning You.” 22: “The Most Powerful Minds Are The Ones That Can Be Changed.” 22: “Human Decency Is Not Derived From Religion. It Precedes It.” 21: “To Be Free You Have To Put Your Freedom On The Line.” 21: “What You Don’t Understand You Can Make Mean Anything.” 21: “There Are Things You Will Never Get Proper Credit For. Or Blame.”

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20: “We Wanted Flying Cars, Instead We Got 140 Characters.” 20: “Opposites Attract, But They Don’t Work.” 20: “Anyone Can Be Successful In This World If They Are Willing To Fill Out Enough Paperwork.” 19: “The Universe Provides To Those Who Seek And Do The Work.” 19: “Love Your Children Reliably And They’ll Gracefully Outgrow You. Ignore Them And They’ll Be Obsessed With You For Life.” 19: “A Day Without Fun Is A Day That Eats Shit.” 18: “You’re Born Naked And The Rest Is Drag.” 18: “It’s No Better To Be Safe Than Sorry.” 18: “The Wise Do Sooner What Fools Do Later. Both Do The Same; All That Differs Is When.” 17: “For Some People Religion Is Like Great Sex, They Just Can’t Think Straight When They’re On It.” 17: “Worrying Is Like Praying For What You Don’t Want.” 17: “You Could Be Brilliant, But There Are No Brilliant Cowards.” 16: “Die Trying Every Day.” 16: “We Don’t Make Movies To Make Money, We Make Money To Make More Movies.” 16: “Happiness Is Really Just The 15 Minutes After You’ve Completed One Challenge – And Before You’ve Identified A New One.” 15: “People Think They Have A Type Until They Fall In Love.” 15: “Knowing People Gets You Places In This World But Having To Talk To Them Sucks.” 15: “Bitterness Is Anger That Forgot Where It Came From.” 14: “It’s Always Dangerous When Boring People Think They’re Creative.” 14: “The Easiest Way To Attract A Crowd Is To Let It Be Known That At A Given Time And A Given Place Someone Is Going To Attempt Something That In The Event Of Failure Will Mean Sudden Death.” 14: “Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Face.” 13: “Most Of What Makes A Book ‘Good’ Is That We Are Reading It At The Right Moment For Us.” 13: “For Believe Me! — The Secret For Harvesting From Existence The Greatest Fruitfulness And The Greatest Enjoyment Is: To Live Dangerously!” 13: “My Actions Are My Only True Belongings.” 12: “The Proper Function Of Man Is To Live, Not To Exist. I Shall Not Waste My Days In Trying To Prolong Them. I Shall Use My Time.” 12: “Nothing’s More Natural Than That Kids Should Care About Celebrity. It’s Not ‘Growing Up Too Fast’, It’s Proof Of Immaturity.” 12: “Make Mistakes Of Ambition And Not Mistakes Of Sloth. Develop The Strength To Do Bold Things, Not The Strength To Suffer.” 11: “Those Who Know They Are Asleep Are Actually Already Half Awake.” 11: “It Is A Mistake To Think You Can Solve Any Major Problems Just With Potatoes.” 11: “If They Act Too Hip, You Know They Can’t Play Shit.” 10: “I’ll Try Anything Once, Twice If I Like It, Three Times To Make Sure.”

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10: “Remember To Always Be Yourself. Unless You Suck.” 10: “Don’t Just Do Something – Sit There!” 09: “Life Is Short. Smile While You Still Have Teeth.” 09: “I Can Picture In My Mind A World Without War, A World Without Hate. And I Can Picture Us Attacking That World, Because They’d Never Expect It.” 09: “Adults Are Always Asking Little Kids What They Want To Be When They Grow Up Because They’re Looking For Ideas.” 08: “In This World, Either You’re Virtuous Or You Enjoy Yourself.” 08: “We Must Learn From The Mistakes Of Others. We Can’t Possibly Live Long Enough To Make Them All Ourselves.” 08: “Life Has No Remote…. Get Up And Change It Yourself!” 07: “A Person At Rest Stays At Rest And A Person In Motion Stays In Motion, With The Same Speed And In The Same Direction Unless Acted Upon By Unbalanced Forces.” 07: “Murderers! Stop Murdering. Everyone Will Die Eventually. Just Sit Down And Be Patient.” 07: “If You’re Flammable And Have Legs, You Are Never Blocking A Fire Exit.” 06: “Smart Girls Know How To Play Tennis, Piano And Dumb.” 06: “Better To Have Loved A Short Man Than Never To Have Loved A Tall.” 06: “Clothes Make The Man. Naked People Have Little Or No Influence On Society.” 05: “God Does Not Play Dice With The Universe; He Plays An Ineffable Game Of His Own Devising.” 05: “There Are Two Types Of People In This World: People Who Say They Pee In The Shower, And Dirty Fucking Liars.” 05: “Give So Much Time To The Improvement Of Yourself That You Have No Time To Criticize Others.” 04: “Alcohol May Be Man’s Worst Enemy, But The Bible Says Love Your Enemy.” 04: “The Pessimist Is The Man Who Believes Things Couldn’t Possibly Be Worse, To Which The Optimist Replies, ‘Oh Yes They Could!’” 04: “I’m Not Telling You It’s Going To Be Easy – I’m Telling You It’s Going To Be Worth It.” 03: “When I Die, I Want To Go To Heaven – Whatever The Hell That Is.” 03: “If Mayans Were Good At Predicting The Future, There’d Be Mayans.” 03: “There Are Too Many People Living For Compliments, Instead Of Accomplishments.” 02: “Beware The Lollipop Of Mediocrity; Lick It Once And You’ll Suck Forever.” 02: “People Think It Must Be Fun To Be A Super Genius, But They Don’t Realize How Hard It Is To Put Up With All The Idiots In The World.” 02: “Life’s Disappointments Are Harder To Take When You Don’t Know Any Swear Words.” 01: “A New Year’s Resolution Is Something That Goes In One Year And Out The Other.” 01: “The Object Of A New Year Is Not That We Should Have A New Year. It Is That We Should Have A New Soul.”

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01: “Cheers To A New Year And Another Chance For Us To Get It Right.” December 2011 (93) o 31: “The Proper Behavior All Through The Holiday Season Is To Be Drunk. This Drunkenness Culminates On New Year’s Eve, When You Get So Drunk You Kiss The Person You’re Married To.” o 31: “An Optimist Stays Up Until Midnight To See The New Year In. A Pessimist Stays Up To Make Sure The Old Year Leaves.” o 31: “And Those Who Were Seen Dancing Were Thought To Be Insane By Those Who Could Not Hear The Music.” o 30: “Nothing, Given Time, Is Random.” o 30: “The Real Enemy, In Terms Of Human Progress, Is Social Conventionality.” o 30: “I Exist, That Is All, And I Find It Nauseating.” o 29: “Sometimes All It Takes Is Saying: Hey, I’m Attracted To You… We Should Talk A Lot More Often.” o 29: “Nothing Is So Necessary For A Young Man As The Company Of Intelligent Women.” o 29: “The Future Is Already Here — It’s Just Not Very Evenly Distributed.” o 28: “Some Of The Best Moments In Life Are The Ones You Can’t Tell Anyone About.” o 28: “A Poor Man Can Afford Only The Very Best.” o 28: “When A Man Is Tired Of Sandwiches, He Is Tired Of Lunch.” o 27: “In Heaven, All The Interesting People Are Missing.” o 27: “There Are Only Two Ways To Live Your Life. One Is As Though Nothing Is A Miracle. The Other Is As Though Everything Is A Miracle.” o 27: “The Best Person For A Job Is Generally The One That Understands It Enough To Not Want It.” o 26: “Why Should We Take Advice On Sex From The Pope? If He Knows Anything About It, He Shouldn’t!” o 26: “Anyone Who Says He Can See Through Women Is Missing A Lot.” o 26: “Wasting Time Is An Important Part Of Life.” o 25: “The Worst Gift Is A Fruitcake. There Is Only One Fruitcake In The Entire World, And People Keep Sending It To Each Other.” o 25: “Christmas Gift Suggestions: To Your Enemy, Forgiveness. To An Opponent, Tolerance. To A Friend, Your Heart.” o 25: “There’s Nothing Sadder In This World Than To Awake Christmas Morning And Not Be A Child.” o 24: “The Main Reason Santa Is So Jolly Is Because He Knows Where All The Bad Girls Live.” o 24: “Love May Not Make The World Go Round, But I Must Admit That It Makes The Ride Worthwhile.” o 24: “The Greatest Happiness Of Life Is The Conviction That We Are Loved – Loved For Ourselves, Or Rather, Loved In Spite Of Ourselves.” o 23: “Art Is The Soul Reacting To The World.” o 23: “‘I Hate You’ Is Far Better Than ‘I Love You’ When Said Properly.” o 23: “Winter Is Waking Up To Find Out That Every Day Is A Monday.” o 22: “Be The Friend Or The Fuck, Never Both… Unless We’re That Serious.”
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30: “Even After All This Time The Sun Never Says To The Earth, ‘You Owe Me.’” 30: “Give A Man A Gun And He Can Rob A Bank. Give A Man A Bank And He Can Rob The World.” 30: “The Job Of The Artist Is Always To Deepen The Mystery.” 29: “Tears Are Words The Heart Can’t Express.” 29: “Somewhere Along The Line, We Seem To Have Confused Comfort With Happiness.” 29: “You Dropped 150 Grand On A Fucking Education You Could Have Gotten For $1.50 In Late Charges At The Public Library.” 28: “The Secret Of Life Is That Things Lead To Their Opposites.” 28: “Go To Work. Send Your Kids To School. Follow Fashion. Act Normal. Walk On The Pavement. Watch TV. Save For Your Old Age. Obey The Law. Repeat After Me: I AM FREE.” 28: “Becoming A Leader Is Synonymous With Becoming Yourself. It Is Precisely That Simple, And It Is Also That Difficult.” 28: “The Best Way To Pay For A Lovely Moment Is To Enjoy It.” 27: “If Everyone Likes You, Then Either No One Knows Anything About You, Or You’re Dead.” 27: “What Makes Earth Feel Like Hell, Is Our Expectation That It Ought To Feel Like Heaven. Earth Is Earth.” 26: “Dancing: The Vertical Expression Of A Horizontal Desire Legalized By Music.” 26: “Even Before Christmas Has Said Hello, It’s Saying ‘Buy Buy’.” 26: “Winter Is Nature’s Way Of Saying, ‘Up Yours.’” 25: “I Don’t Stop Eating When I’m Full. The Meal Is Not Over When I’m Full. The Meal Is Over When I Hate Myself.” 25: “Normal Is For People Without Any Courage.” 25: “It’s Called The American Dream Because You Have To Be Asleep To Believe It.” 24: “I Love Thanksgiving Turkey. It’s The Only Time In Los Angeles That You See Natural Breasts.” 24: “It Is Most Unwise For People In Love To Marry.” 24: “A Government That Robs Peter To Pay Paul Can Always Depend On The Support Of Paul.” 23: “The Single Biggest Problem In Communication Is The Illusion That It Has Taken Place.” 23: “A Fool And His Money Are Soon Elected.” 23: “No Man Was Ever Wise By Chance.” 22: “There Is No Love Sincerer Than The Love Of Food.” 22: “Sometimes I Wonder Whether The World Is Being Run By Smart People Who Are Putting Us On, Or By Imbeciles Who Really Mean It.” 22: “Don’t Worry About The Business Cards, Worry About The Business.” 21: “The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get.” 21: “Weeks Of Working Can Save You Hours Of Planning.” 21: “You Can Tell If It’s Your Own Plan By How Lost You Feel.”

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26: “Although The World Is Full Of Suffering, It Is Full Also Of The Overcoming Of It.” o 25: “I Challenge You To Make Your Life A Masterpiece. I Challenge You To Join The Ranks Of Those People Who Live What They Teach, Who Walk Their Talk.” o 24: “The Only Way To Deal With An Unfree World Is To Become So Absolutely Free That Your Very Existence Is An Act Of Rebellion.” o 23: “Do What You Feel In Your Heart To Be Right – For You’ll Be Criticized Anyway.” o 22: “Creativity Isn’t An Occupation, It’s A Pre-Occupation.” o 21: “How Terribly Sad It Was That People Are Made In Such A Way That They Get Used To Something As Extraordinary As Living.” o 20: “You Cannot Escape The Responsibility Of Tomorrow By Evading It Today.” o 19: “When I Do Good, I Feel Good; When I Do Bad, I Feel Bad, And That Is My Religion.” o 18: “Everything Will Be Okay In The End, And If It’s Not Okay, It’s Not The End.” o 17: “The Bad News Is Time Flies. The Good News Is You’re The Pilot.” o 16: “Sometimes, When One Person Is Missing, The Whole World Seems Depopulated.” o 15: “Worry Is A Misuse Of Imagination.” o 14: “Holding A Grudge Is Letting Someone Live Rent-Free In Your Head.” o 13: “You Do Not Earn The Right To Lead By Perfecting The Art Of Following.” o 12: “Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do.” o 11: “Talk To A Man About Himself And He Will Listen For Hours.” o 10: “Cocaine Is God’s Way Of Telling You That You Make Too Much Money.” o 09: “People Cry, Not Because They’re Weak. It’s Because They’ve Been Strong For Too Long.” o 08: “Life Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone.” o 07: “When Someone Says “You’ve Changed,” It Simply Means You’ve Stopped Living Your Life Their Way.” o 06: “It’s Not The Load That Breaks You Down; It’s The Way You Carry It.” o 05: “The Only People That Have High Self-Esteem Are Criminals And Actors.” o 04: “Man Will Do Many Things To Get Himself Loved; He Will Do All Things To Get Himself Envied.” o 03: “To Say You Are Wrong Is Saying You Are Wiser Today Than Yesterday.” o 02: “Try To Be Consistently Not Stupid, Instead Of Trying To Be Very Intelligent.” o 01: “The Reading Of All Good Books Is Like A Conversation With All The Finest Minds Of Past Centuries.” May 2011 (31) o 31: “Failure Is A Process, Not An Obstacle.” o 30: “Have Nothing In Your House That You Do Not Know To Be Useful, Or Believe To Be Beautiful.” o 29: “Better Than A Thousand Hollow Words, Is One Word That Brings Peace.” o 28: “Solitude Is The Profoundest Fact Of The Human Condition. Man Is The Only Being Who Knows He Is Alone.”
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27: “Take The First Step In Faith. You Don’t Have To See The Whole Staircase, Just Take The First Step.” o 26: “All Know That The Drop Merges Into The Ocean, But Few Know That The Ocean Merges Into The Drop.” o 25: “A Dead Thing Can Go With The Stream, But Only A Living Thing Can Go Against It.” o 24: “Nothing Is Permanent In This Wicked World – Not Even Our Troubles.” o 23: “There Is No Limit To What You Can Do If You Don’t Care Who Gets The Credit.” o 22: “The Capacity To Give One’s Attention To A Sufferer Is A Very Rare And Difficult Thing; It Is Almost A Miracle; It Is A Miracle.” o 21: “Love Is A Condition In Which The Happiness Of Another Person Is Essential To Your Own.” o 20: “It Is Better To Suffer Wrong Than To Do It, And Happier To Be Sometimes Cheated Than Not To Trust.” o 19: “Mishaps Are Like Knives, That Either Serve Us Or Cut Us, As We Grasp Them By The Blade Or The Handle.” o 18: “Art Is Never Finished, Only Abandoned.” o 17: “Most Things Break, Including Hearts. The Lessons Of Life Amount Not To Wisdom, But To Scar Tissue And Callus.” o 16: “If Hard Work Were Such A Wonderful Thing, Surely The Rich Would Have Kept It All To Themselves.” o 15: “A Happy Family Is But An Earlier Heaven.” o 14: “True Strength Is Delicate.” o 13: “We Cannot Become What We Need To Be By Remaining What We Are.” o 12: “Failure Is Not The Only Punishment For Laziness; There Is Also The Success Of Others.” o 11: “It Is Not Enough To Have A Good Mind; The Main Thing Is To Use It Well.” o 10: “A Soul That Sees Beauty May Sometimes Walk Alone.” o 09: “Enjoy Your Life Without Comparing It To Others.” o 08: “God Could Not Be Everywhere And Therefore He Made Mothers.” o 07: “Weekends Don’t Count Unless You Spend Them Doing Something Completely Pointless.” o 06: “We Are Not Human Beings Having A Spiritual Experience. We Are Spiritual Beings Having A Human Experience.” o 05: “Courage Is Not The Absence Of Fear, But Rather The Judgement That Something Else Is More Important Than Fear.” o 04: “I Can Be Changed By What Happens To Me, But I Refuse To Be Reduced By It.” o 03: “I Mourn The Loss Of Thousands Of Precious Lives, But I Will Not Rejoice In The Death Of One, Not Even An Enemy.” o 02: “Joy Is The Best Makeup.” o 01: “Laughter Is Carbonated Holiness.” April 2011 (30) o 30: “‘No,’ Is A Complete Sentence.” o 29: “The Prettiest Dresses Are Worn To Be Taken Off.”
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28: “As A Well-Spent Day Brings Happy Sleep, So A Life Well Spent Brings Happy Death.” o 27: “Lighthouses Don’t Go Running All Over An Island Looking For Boats To Save; They Just Stand There Shining.” o 26: “An Eye For An Eye Only Ends Up Making The Whole World Blind.” o 25: “To Get Something You Never Had, You Have To Do Something You Never Did.” o 24: “Religion Is About Embracing People Who Are Different.” o 23: “Don’t Miss All The Beautiful Colors Of The Rainbow Looking For That Pot Of Gold.” o 22: “Your Current Safe Boundaries Were Once Unknown Frontiers.” o 21: “Add Life To Your Days, Not Days To Your Life.” o 20: “You Are A Victim Of The Rules You Live By.” o 19: “Everybody Is A Genius. But If You Judge A Fish By Its Ability To Climb A Tree, It Will Spend Its Whole Life Thinking It’s Stupid.” o 18: “You Can Recognize A Pioneer By The Arrows In His Back.” o 17: “Find Good In What The World Says Is Evil.” o 16: “You Cannot Shake Hands With A Clenched Fist.” o 15: “If You Resolve To Give Up Smoking, Drinking And Loving, You Don’t Actually Live Longer; It Just Seems Longer.” o 14: “The Truth Is More Important Than The Facts.” o 13: “If You’re Working For Money One Day Will Feel Like Forever. If You’re Working For Love Forever Will Feel Like One Day.” o 12: “Be Regular And Orderly In Your Life, So That You May Be Violent And Original In Your Work.” o 11: “We Never Really Grow Up, We Only Learn How To Act In Public.” o 10: “If You Do Not Have Any Religion, Then At Least Be Free In Your Present Life.” o 09: “Nothing That Is Worth Knowing Can Be Taught.” o 08: “You Can Live To Be A Hundred If You Give Up All The Things That Make You Want To Live To Be A Hundred.” o 07: “The Only Thing Worse Than Being Talked About Is Not Being Talked About.” o 06: “Sometimes ‘The Majority’ Only Means That All The Fools Are On The Same Side.” o 05: “The Worst Thing You Can Do For Those You Love Is The Things They Could And Should Do For Themselves.” o 04: “First We Form Habits, Then They Form Us.” o 03: “If You Propose To Speak, Always Ask Yourself, Is It True, Is It Necessary, Is It Kind.” o 02: T-Shirt: “Fighting For Peace Is Like Fucking For Virginity.” o 01: T-Shirt: “Looking Good Is Not My Occupation.” March 2011 (31) o 31: T-Shirt: “Tell The Truth. Then Run.” o 30: “I Grew Up Poor, But Only Because Everyone Else Had Money.” o 29: “Whenever Someone Promises ‘Exposure’ Instead Of Payment, Run.”
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28: “There Is Nothing So Wasteful As Doing With Great Efficiency That Which Doesn’t Have To Be Done At All.” o 27: “Your Daily Life Is Your Temple And Your Religion. When You Enter Into It Take With You Your All.” o 26: “Everything Is In Walking Distance If You Have The Time.” o 25: “If Anyone Is Unwilling To Descend Into Himself, Because This Is Too Painful, He Will Remain Superficial In His Writing.” o 24: “One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows.” o 23: “Discipline Is Just Choosing Between What You Want Now And What You Want Most.” o 22: “He Who Fights With Monsters Might Take Care Lest He Thereby Become A Monster.” o 21: “Work Like A Slave, Command Like A King, Create Like A God.” o 20: “Words Of Wisdom Are Spoken By Children At Least As Often As By Scientists.” o 19: “The Future Lies Before You, Like Paths Of Pure White Snow. Be Careful How You Tread It, For Every Step Will Show.” o 18: “It Isn’t What You Know That Counts, It’s What You Think Of In Time.” o 17: “Getting People’s Approval Is Not A Goal To Have In Life.” o 16: “The Day You Decide To Do It Is Your Lucky Day.” o 15: “Do You Need Proof Of God? Does One Light A Torch To See The Sun?” o 14: “He That Is Taught Only By Himself Has A Fool For A Master.” o 13: “Pray To God, But Row Away From The Rocks.” o 12: “Who Is The Happier Man, He Who Has Braved The Storm Of Life And Lived Or He Who Has Stayed Securely On Shore And Merely Existed?” o 11: “Never Turn Your Back On Fear. It Should Always Be In Front Of You, Like A Thing That Might Have To Be Killed.” o 10: “Faster, Faster, Until The Thrill Of Speed Overcomes The Fear Of Death.” o 09: “If You’re Going To Be Crazy, You Have To Get Paid For It Or Else You’re Going To Be Locked Up.” o 08: “Weird Behavior Is Natural In Smart Children, Like Curiosity Is To A Kitten.” o 07: “Never Give In. Never Give In. Never. Never. Never.” o 06: “A Thing Is Not Necessarily True Because A Man Dies For It.” o 05: “You Are Going To Let The Fear Of Poverty Govern Your Life And Your Reward Will Be That You Will Eat, But You Will Not Live.” o 04: “Resolve To Take Fate By The Throat And Shake A Living Out Of Her.” o 03: “A Man Is A Success If He Gets Up In The Morning And Goes To Bed At Night And In Between Does What He Wants To Do.” o 02: “I Like Your Christ; I Do Not Like Your Christians. Your Christians Are So Unlike Your Christ.” o 01: “Two Roads Diverged In A Wood, And I Took The One Less Traveled By. And That Has Made All The Difference.” February 2011 (28) o 28: “It Is An Ironic Habit Of Human Beings To Run Faster When We Have Lost Our Way.” o 27: “Hope Is A Revolutionary Patience.”
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26: “If You Are Irritated By Every Rub, How Will You Be Polished?” 25: “Truth Only Means Something When It’s Hard To Admit.” 24: “The Reward For Conformity Is That Everyone Likes You But Yourself.” 23: “Forgiveness Is Giving Up All Hope Of Having Had A Better Past.” 22: “Another Flaw In The Human Character Is That Everybody Wants To Build And Nobody Wants To Do Maintenance.” o 21: “Publicity Is Like Poison; It Doesn’t Hurt Unless You Swallow It.” o 20: “You Can Safely Assume You’ve Created God In Your Own Image When It Turns Out That God Hates All The Same People You Do.” o 19: “The Measure Of A Man’s Real Character Is What He Would Do If He Knew He Would Never Be Found Out.” o 18: “The Edge… There Is No Honest Way To Explain It Because The Only People Who Really Know Where It Is Are The Ones Who Have Gone Over.” o 17: “Once You’ve Ruined Your Reputation, You Can Live Quite Freely.” o 16: “It Does Not Matter How Slowly You Go So Long As You Do Not Stop.” o 15: “Trust Only Movement. Life Happens At The Level Of Events, Not Of Words. Trust Movement.” o 14: “When Love Is Not Madness, It Is Not Love.” o 13: “The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Didn’t Exist.” o 12: “Talk Doesn’t Cook Rice.” o 11: “Power Corrupts. Absolute Power Is Kind Of Neat.” o 10: “Nobody Kills Me, Until I Say So.” o 09: “The Kindest Word In All The World Is The Unkind Word, Unsaid.” o 08: “Real Generosity Is Doing Something Nice For Someone Who Will Never Find Out.” o 07: “The Best Way To Complain Is To Make Things.” o 06: “I Believe In God, Only I Spell It Nature.” o 05: “Faith Is The Bird That Sings When The Dawn Is Still Dark.” o 04: “There Is No Such Thing As Bad Weather, Only Inappropriate Clothing.” o 03: “So You’re Offended. So Fucking What?” o 02: “Half Of Balance Is Just Believing You Have It.” o 01: “For All Sad Words Of Tongue And Pen, The Saddest Are These, ‘It Might Have Been’.” January 2011 (31) o 31: “Certainty Is Missing The Point Entirely.” o 30: “Never Judge A Book By Its Movie.” o 29: “I Am All The Ages I’ve Ever Been.” o 28: “No One Looks Back On Their Life And Remembers The Nights They Got Plenty Of Sleep.” o 27: “Truth Is, Everyone Is Going To Hurt You. You Just Got To Find The Ones Worth Suffering For.” o 26: “Tell Your Heart That The Fear Of Suffering Is Worse Than The Suffering Itself.” o 25: “This World Is Trying To Break You. By Sticking Around, You Annoy The Hell Out Of It.”
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23: “Perhaps Time’s Definition Of Coal Is The Diamond.” 22: “The Less Confident You Are, The More Serious You Have To Act.” 21: “The Earth Has Music For Those Who Listen.” 20: “This Wasn’t Just Plain Terrible, This Was Fancy Terrible. This Was Terrible With Raisins In It.” o 19: “If You Tell The Truth, You Don’t Have To Remember Anything.” o 18: “Have No Friends Not Equal To Yourself.” o 17: “Doing Nothing Is Better Than Being Busy Doing Nothing.” o 16: “One Day After The Passing Of All Our Egos We Might Come Home And Become Again Like The Movement Of The Leaves.” o 15: “There Is No Indoors Or Outdoors Anymore.” o 14: “Whenever You See The Sun Reflected In The Window Of A Building It Is An Angel.” o 13: “Don’t Compare Your Life To Others’. You Have No Idea What Their Journey Is All About.” o 12: “You Live By Myths Of Immortality, And Your Myths Are Not Safe.” o 11: “Happiness In Intelligent People Is The Rarest Thing I Know.” o 10: “The People You Love Become Ghosts Inside You, And Like This You Keep Them Alive.” o 09: “Insanity: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again And Expecting Different Results.” o 08: “There’s No Heavier Burden Than Great Potential.” o 07: “Anyone Who Thinks Sitting In Church Can Make You A Christian Must Also Think That Sitting In A Garage Can Make You A Car.” o 06: “In Reality, People Judge You For Your Actions Without Knowing The Reason Behind It.” o 05: “Reality Doesn’t Impress Me.” o 04: “Don’t Worry About People Stealing Your Ideas. If Your Ideas Are Any Good, You’ll Have To Ram Them Down People’s Throats.” o 03: “This Is To Have Succeeded.” o 02: “If You Judge People, You Have No Time To Love Them.” o 01: “I Believe That Everything Happens For A Reason.” October 2010 (31) o 31: “It Is Not A Lack Of Love, But A Lack Of Friendship That Makes Unhappy Marriages.” o 30: “I Like Nonsense, It Wakes Up The Brain Cells.” o 29: “All Men Dream: But Not Equally.” o 28: “It Is Easier To Build Strong Children Than To Repair Broken Men.” o 27: “Life Is Short, But It Is Wide.” o 26: “To Burn Out You Must First Be On Fire.” o 25: “The Really Great Make You Feel That You, Too, Can Become Great.” o 24: “In A Time Of Universal Deceit, Telling The Truth Is A Revolutionary Act.” o 23: “Adopt The Pace Of Nature: Her Secret Is Patience.” o 22: “Nobody Trips Over Mountains. It Is The Small Pebble That Causes You To Stumble.”
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21: “He Who Would Learn To Fly One Day Must Learn To Stand And Walk And Run And Climb And Dance; One Cannot Fly Into Flying.” o 20: “He Who Makes A Beast Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man.” o 19: T-Shirt: “Fashion Is A Form Of Ugliness So Intolerable That We Have To Alter It Every Six Months.” o 18: “What More Can The Spirit Of A Philosopher Wish To Be Than A Good Dancer? The Dance Is The Ideal.” o 17: “You Really Want To Know What Being An X-Man Feels Like? Just Be A Smart Bookish Boy Of Color In A Contemporary U.S. Ghetto.” o 16: “First Say To Yourself What You Would Be, And Then Do What You Have To Do.” o 15: “It Takes Less Time To Do A Thing Right, Than It Does To Explain Why You Did It Wrong.” o 14: “Never Be Afraid To Sit Awhile And Think.” o 13: “Never Regret Anything, Because At One Time It Was Exactly What You Wanted.” o 12: “There Is No Force On Earth More Powerful Than The Will To Live.” o 11: “Work Is More Fun Than Fun.” o 10: “God Has No Religion.” o 09: “There Is Often Less Danger In The Things We Fear Than In The Things We Desire.” o 08: “It’s Always Too Soon To Quit.” o 07: “To Be Great Is To Be Misunderstood.” o 06: “Creativity Is Thinking Up New Things. Innovation Is Doing New Things.” o 05: “There Is Nothing So Powerful As An Idea Whose Time Has Come.” o 04: “The Best Dancers Don’t Win. The Best Entertainers Do.” o 03: “A King Without An Army Is Just A Man In A Funny Hat.” o 02: “Success Seems To Be Largely A Matter Of Hanging On After Others Have Let Go.” o 01: “The Funny Thing About Common Sense Is That It’s Not Very Common.” September 2010 (30) o 30: “If The Doors Of Perception Were Cleansed Every Thing Would Appear To Man As It Is, Infinite.” o 29: “Formula For Success: Under Promise And Over Deliver.” o 28: “Small Deeds Done Are Better Than Great Deeds Planned.” o 27: “When You Start Treating People Like People, They Become People.” o 26: “The Supreme Arrogance Of Religious Thinking: ‘It Was All Made So That I Could Exist!’” o 25: “Be Content To Act, And Leave The Talking To Others.” o 24: “In My Next Life I Want To Live My Life Backwards.” o 23: “Don’t Make Decisions When You’re Angry. Don’t Make Promises When You’re Happy.” o 22: “I’ve Always Regarded Nature As The Clothing Of God.” o 21: “Savor Obscurity While It Lasts. Once You ‘Make It,’ Your Work Is Never The Same.” o 20: “If We Believe Absurdities, We Shall Commit Atrocities.”
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23: “Sex Is The Great Amateur Art. The Professional, Male Or Female, Is Frowned On: He Or She Misses The Point, And Spoils The Show.” o 21: “The Individual Has Always Had To Struggle To Keep From Being Overwhelmed By The Tribe.” o 20: “Anyone Can Carry His Burden, However Hard, Until Nightfall.” o 19: “Television Is Not The Truth. Television’s A Goddamn Amusement Park.” o 18: “Where The Fear Has Gone There Will Be Nothing. Only I Will Remain.” o 17: “Impossible Is Not A Fact. It’s An Opinion.” o 16: “Inside Every Older Person Is A Younger Person- Wondering What The Hell Happened.” o 15: “Everybody Pities The Weak; Jealousy You Have To Earn.” o 14: “Do, Or Do Not. There Is No ‘Try’.” o 13: “Nothing Happens To Anybody Which He Is Not Fitted By Nature To Bear.” o 12: “Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today.” o 11: “If A Man Watches Three Football Games In A Row, He Should Be Declared Legally Dead.” o 10: “Once The Game Is Over, The King And The Pawn Go Back In The Same Box.” o 09: “The Aim Of Art Is To Prepare A Person For Death, To Plough And Harrow His Soul, Rendering It Capable Of Turning To Good.” o 08: “Silence Is Often Misinterpreted, But Never Misquoted.” o 07: “The Condom Is In It’s Essence, A Compromise: At The Moment Of Greatest Potential Pleasure, It Interferes.” o 06: “Love Your Enemy, It Will Scare The Hell Out Of Them.” o 05: “Now, Here, You See, It Takes All The Running You Can Do, To Keep In The Same Place.” o 04: “It Doesn’t Happen All At Once. You Become. It Takes A Long Time.” o 03: “For Everything You Have Missed, You Have Gained Something Else, And For Everything You Gain, You Lose Something Else.” o 02: “I Don’t Need A Friend Who Changes When I Change And Who Nods When I Nod; My Shadow Does That Much Better.” o 01: “If You Want To Be Happy, Be.” June 2010 (20) o 30: “Don’t Worry When You Are Not Recognized, But Strive To Be Worthy Of Recognition.” o 29: “Love Is The Beauty Of The Soul.” o 28: “Do Not Seek To Follow In The Footsteps Of The Wise. Seek What They Sought.” o 27: “Misfortune Shows Those Who Are Not Really Friends.” o 26: “We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit.” o 25: “Before You Embark On A Journey Of Revenge, Dig Two Graves.” o 24: “Utter Originality Is, Of Course, Out Of The Question.” o 23: “Any Man Who Can Drive Safely While Kissing A Pretty Girl Is Simply Not Giving The Kiss The Attention It Deserves.” o 22: “No Matter How Hard The Past, You Can Always Begin Again.”
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21: “The More Constraints One Imposes, The More One Frees Oneself Of The Claims That Shackle The Spirit.” 20: “Expecting Is The Greatest Impediment To Living. In Anticipation Of Tomorrow, It Loses Today.” 19: “The Mass Of Men Lead Lives Of Quiet Desperation.” 18: “Lend Your Ears To Music, Open Your Eyes To Painting, And… Stop Thinking!” 17: “With Life Being What It Is, One Dreams Of Revenge.” 16: “They Must Often Change Who Would Be Constant In Happiness Or Wisdom.” 15: “Beware Of The Man Of One Book.” 14: “That Wheresoever You Go, You Go With All Your Heart.” 09: “May You Live Everyday Of Your Life.” 08: “Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology Is Indistinguishable From Magic.” 07: “Art Is Useless.”