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Every day is a clean slate.
Inertia doesn't need your help.
It's an artifact of our system which will vanish when you want it to.
Roots are under the ground.
Society immerses you in reasons to change the society.
Cult is short for culture.
A people immersed in their history.
There's something wrong with your history.
Your history is your enemy.
All history is the attempt to escape from history.
It's hard to feel like a person when you're a cog in the wheel.
Slow suicide is not a viable lifestyle.
Only dead salmon float with the current.
My anchor is my target.
Rationalization is a lack of will masquerading as thought.
Ignorance is their drug.
Every argument has its price.
Fantasies can be dangerous.
Some people are embedded in their style.
"Getting over" chills them out.
These people desperately need a role model.
Timidity is the mortar of tyranny.
If no one goes first, no one goes anywhere.
Know what the score is before you give up.
Go where you know, but know where you go.
They can't be outgunned, but they can be outmanned.
You lead only when they follow.
Every follower leads others.
Money pollutes the nature of exchange.
Ignorance and Evil are blood brothers.
There are echoes of the macrocosm in the microcosm -- and vice versa.
Stoicism is the last resort -- not the first.
You didn't think OF it because you weren't thinking ABOUT it.
Some people say "we're behind you" when they're standing on the
sidelines.
Your friends aren't who you think they are, but who they actually turn out
to be.
Every hammer makes a dent.
The first blow hits the hardest.
The paper-house of rationalization is blown away by the hurricane of
plausibility.
The sandcastles of resolve are eroded by the waves of subsequent
experience.
Pounds of promises, ounces of results.
Step furtively into the territory of the inauthentic.
Compromise with mediocrity and you get something a little less mediocre.
Today's fashion is tomorrow's cut-out rack.
The stronger the dog, the stronger the leash.
If ignorance were bliss, Earth would be Paradise.
If you're not united, you're defeated.
Think individually; act socially.
There's nothing more real than a possibility.
Every objection brings us closer to the answer.
The word "can" makes mountains of molehills, and molehills of
mountains.
Christ is the guy nailed to the cross.
Don't play the game -- change the game.
Posit an end which demands your means.
Revenge is a form of communication.
People who do nothing go nowhere.
The longer you take to fix it, the longer it will take to fix.
No better way to suffocate than to stick your head in the sand.
You can't make an informed decision when you're not informed.
The more you learn, the less wrong you become.
You can't afford their ignorance any longer.
Abstractions substitute for hard currency.
When you mine, mine gold.
Polish every gem.
Don't give up power to become a slave.
If eternal Heaven is possible, eternal Purgatory is Hell.
When you sit in front of the TV, feel nervous.
They're light years away from that perception.
All they provide is plastic hope.
A good society is the best therapy.
Sometimes to change reality, you have to ignore reality.
Fear of courage (afraid his courage will lead him into fearful situations).
A little doubt goes a long way.
People stuck at the why never move on to the how.
A brain unused is a brain abused.
People who like to hear positive things shouldn't sail on the Titanic.
Ideas are the atoms of existence.
The tool is fighting the blueprint.
Some people are poised to pounce.
They go after you because you're the target.
"No" is their Mantra.
Jealousy is the father of marriage.
What rubs off, wears off.
If you never fire a shot, you'll never know that your gun is loaded with
blanks.
The most expensive thing you can do is nothing.
An artwork is as powerful as your interpretation of it.
Make yourself rare.
The empirical frequently yields to the verbal.
Easy discourse censors difficult discourse.
You've got to be good to survive.
He plays the same game, but he's not in the same league.
The only thing worse than a "yes" man is a "no" man.
Perception is an effort.
Will is like a muscle. If you don't exercise it, you lose it.
The new is our drug.
Every emotion you experience widens you.
Tone makes all the difference.
You don't make a difference by being the same.
Isolation punctuated with bouts of friendship.
The deformed avoid mirrors.
That inconsistency is built into reality -- therefore I ignore it.
People seldom ponder their dignity when their life is at stake.
His fantasies are dangerous.
They only let you in when you're one of them.
Be on the cutting edge of Evolution.
Seal off the wrong roads.
Keep going. Let them draw the finish line.
Give your brain 20/20 vision.
Prepare or repair.
In an information age, it's not wise to allow counterfeit information.
Loyalty to structure can require disloyalty to substructure.
Your category is too small.
Facts separate hogwash from theories.
On seeing with your ears: sometimes you see things which aren't there.
Probability weighs more than possibility.
Guilt is insight.
The visitor's view is more accurate than the resident's.
Stupidity is a choice.
When a scientist is a hero, he's REALLY a hero.
You're not only affected by your environment, but the environment of
your father and grandfather.
Once you can help yourself, you're free.
"Never show half-completed work to a fool": a message not only to artists,
but also to fools.
The truth of a statement is independent of the fact of its utterance.
When you think "there's something funny going on here," it's probably not
very funny.
If you don't want him to push you off a cliff, tie yourself to him with a
rope.
Each person is a whole world.
A piece in the jigsaw puzzle may be tiny, but if you don't have it, you can't
complete the puzzle.
People who nothing criticizing people who do something for not doing
everything.
Some people let minor problems stop them from solving major problems.
We can't learn FROM our mistakes until we learn ABOUT our mistakes.
Include, not exclude.
Cleaning one hair of the camel doesn't give you a clean camel.
Knowledge is the clay, not the sculpture.
Whatever is happening is one phenomenon multiplied by a million.
At the pinnacle, the air is purer, but thinner.
You win wars by losing battles.
You're not going to get 4 until you put 2 and 2 together.
Affirmation through apathy.
No given two people may be able to locate the center of a piece of paper --
but there's still a center.
Heaven must be WILLED. Hell is what happens when you're not willing
heaven.
Take a harmonious situation -- put a bowlful of money in it -- see what
happens.
For many people money is magic -- it turns them from a nobody into a
somebody.
The people who make the rules don't have to live around the people
affected by the rules.
"Discouraged" means just what it says: dis-COURAGED.
Talking to her is like talking to a fun-house mirror .
Entropy is half the story.
Unlock enough doors, more light gets through.
In every 25 year old there's a 20 year old and a 30 year old fighting for
power.
Combustion v. fission re: coal -- apply to mind (type of thought process)
Football is popular because it fills many slots.
The fresher it is, the more dated it will become.
Proverbs are prevalent because the activities inspiring them are prevalent.
Except for lack of lack, you'd know of lack of lack.
A person can be defined by the strength of their demons.
Some people are squares; some people are blockheads.
They don't have the desire for desire.
Two goals: one, to get to the top of the mountain; two, to take a step. Both
will get you there.
Funny thing about responsibility; it's yours regardless of whether you
want it, and even if you don't acknowledge it.
Instead of memorizing "2+2=4," I should have been memorizing "Don't
criticize people for asking you questions." (and the reason why).
What's worth beginning is worth completing.
His twin rules seem to be: 1) If it doesn't make sense, think it. 2) If you
think it, proclaim it. He needs to modify at least one of those rules.
We want to turn "reader" noun to "reader" verb.
Two kinds of "crazy": 1) Rational in an irrational system 2) Irrational in a
rational system.
The only thing worse than a "yes" man is a "no" man.
The first rung is all too often missing.
The idea was to make progress, not recapitulate the rituals of our gorilla-
based ancestors.
You can tell the lake is dead when the fish float to the top; the idea is to
intervene before that happens.
Hey -- I thought this was the Home of the Brave!
Give the tools of change to the agents of change.
You'd like to have it both ways, but, alas, if 2+2 = 4, then 2+2≠5.
A new kind of cannibal: the cannibal that devours itself.
Reason has many enemies and few friends.
If there are natural rights, there are natural obligations.
Pessimism is thorazine for the masses.
What is the word for a person who bets on a horse that always loses?
Culture is what we condone.
You can say "it's only a difference of degree," but a difference of degree is
what separates an ice cube from a puddle of water.
Democracy is not walking by.
The people abdicated their throne.
They're hanging on by a thread; but it's one tough thread.
The idea on the Titanic is to plug the leak, not make it larger.
If you say "what's an extra 1/2%" 30 times, you're suddenly up to 15%.
You need your help.
A point well-made should be well-taken.
Every lamp needs an outlet.
To have an informed opinion, you have to be informed.
The more you learn, the less wrong you become.
The longer you take to fix something, the longer it will take to fix.
The most power some people have is the power they have over the TV
with their remote control.
If half the bills are counterfeit, yours becomes worthless.
The grapes were never sour.
Their knowledge changes when the channel changes.
Action is a requirement, not an option.
People who wallow too much in the mud start acting like hogs.
It's not a system of justice -- it's a system.
Progress through process.
No one stays on the tightrope.
Justice is the cheapest solution.
They're angels because they have wings.
Give the angels back their wings.
Tune out, you're out.
A cavalry without guns is a pitiful sight.
Don't lift the cup before the glue has set.
Fear is the sweat of ignorance.
As we dive deeper, the ocean gets deeper.
The time when the ship is headed towards the iceberg is the time to rock
the boat.
Without a safety net, you won't walk the tightrope.
Get your mind off your mind.
They're not interested in being interested.
If you travel down the same path, don't be surprised when you arrive at
the same destination.
They're shooting at decoys with blanks.
Why did they throw the dog a bone? Because the dog was SATISFIED
with a bone.
Every criminal was once a victim.
They say the food has no taste when they can't taste the food.
The thread is gone.
A difference of degree is sometimes more than a difference of degree.
To HAVE confidence you must BE confident.
We're going to turn the Queen Mary into the Titanic if we act this way.
Christmas is wearing off.
You feel like you're chained because you're a link.
You know God when you know.
Too many people are satisfied with being satisfied.
You feel less alone when alone.
No animal is more inhumane than the human.
Hell is created in dribs and drabs.
It's a mystery because you don't understand.
It's a short life and a big universe.
She's very rarely real.
The Tin Rule: Treat others the way you have been treated.
You do the scratchin', I'll do the itchin'.
Some attempt to do with nerves of steel what is best attempted with a
vault of gold.
Who will make the world safe for sanity?
Will you be a cog in the wheel, or will you shatter the wheel?
Stability has high opportunity costs.
A bad system is a trouble-manufacturing machine.
What does the quiet mean?
The ferocity of its velocity.
PROVERBS IN REVERSE
Behind every man is a woman, waiting to get out.
The lady doth protest not enough.
This land is not your land.
He gambled and you lost.
You get what you don't pay for.
They slip us into something uncomfortable.
Don't feed the hand that bites you.
Put your mouth where your money is.
If you do the time, you've got to do the crime.
Might makes wrong.
It's hard to make your garden grow with a cloud over your head.
It's impossible to keep your chin up and your nose to the grindstone.
Evasions speak louder than words.
He who irritates is lost.
Your lack of knowledge is their power.
What you don't know can kill you.
Angels rush in where fools fear to tread.
Some go out on a limb, some chop down the branch.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is reviled.
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