 The Galaxy of Quotes
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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist. Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer. Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark. It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc. Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
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