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In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.

Graham Greene

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
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Artist Success Thinking
It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
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Human Interest Strike
People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
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Generalization Love Meaning People Quote
We forget very easily what gives us pain.
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Easy Forget Pain
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
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Brain Connection Fingers Ink Myself Poet Writing
Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.
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Attraction Beautiful Body Success War
Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.
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Fear Hate Humiliation Response
Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
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Face Generation Ourselves Reality
They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
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God Kindness Love Myself
He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
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Goodness Himself Ignorance Intention
Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
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Feeling Friendship Oneself Return Soul
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Human Mathematics Philosophy Pursue Reality Relation Truth Value Worth
It’s a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.
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Believe Discover God Love Parents Strange Yourself
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
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Heart Leadership Love Misery Stranger
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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Impossible Life Oneself Prison Trust
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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Age Curiosity Moral Wisdom

In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.

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