Quotes

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“Straight edge means I'm drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.”

Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Catchphrases
Source: Straight Edge significa che sono libero da droghe, libero dall'alcol e migliore di voi]

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“You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”

Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) American cognitive scientist

In Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program (2005) by Rebecca Herold, p. 101

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“Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.”

Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) English trader, writer and journalist

A System of Magick (1726).

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“In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.”

Amy Sedaris (1961) American comedian

Source: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

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“And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others.”

Variant: And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others.
Source: Invisible Man (1952), Chapter 25.

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“Maybe I was more alone than anyone in the whole wide world. Maybe that was okay.”

Source: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose