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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.

Jack London

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
JACK LONDON

Possession Pursuit Unity
Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
JACK LONDON

Man Poet Writing
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDON

Dedication Inspirational Wait Yourself
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
JACK LONDON

Choice Life Meaning Myself Short Sing Song
Affluence means influence.
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Influence Meaning One Liner
You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
JACK LONDON

Alone Death Food Hustle Legs Man Sunrise Walk Yourself
In a saturated population life is always cheap.
JACK LONDON

Cheap Life Poor Population
Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.
JACK LONDON

Clothes Fight King Power Ride Sea Skill Wings Yourself
To be able to forget means sanity.
JACK LONDON

Forget One Liner Peace Sanity
I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.
JACK LONDON

Believe Death Freedom Myself
She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
JACK LONDON

Avoid Close Desire Dog Fire Herself Man Thrill
The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDON

Art Conquer Greatness Man
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
JACK LONDON

Alive Beyond Forget Life Live Oneself Rise
But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDON

Change Judgement Kind Man Myself Taste
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
JACK LONDON

Limitation Mindset Recognition
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDON

Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness

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