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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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