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“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”

“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”

“The first fruit of forbearance is that people will sympathize with you and they will go against the man who offended you arrogantly.”

“(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)

Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.”

“Life is hard but so very beautiful”

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.”

“We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.”

“When I first heard it, I thought that's extremely challenging, the vocal — it was almost hysterical, and it was so up there, the register, but it was absolutely fascinating. And I know at the time a lot of my friends couldn't bear it, they thought it was just "too much"”

“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.”

“Are you saying it's too loud? It's got to be loud. You're supposed to feel it all over.”

“Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.”

“We lit the whole world up before we blew up/I still don’t know just how we screwed it up.”

“Without fear there cannot be courage.”

“Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse”

“Love is a curious mixture of opposites, a blend of extreme selfishness and total devotion. A paradox! Besides which, love, everybody is always talking about love, love, but love isn't something you choose, you catch it like a disease, you get trapped in it, like a disaster.”

“You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.”

“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.”

“Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be more lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”