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“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.”
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“For she had eyes and chose me.”
― Othello
― Othello
“The intellect is a chisel that you can use to tear away at the false stuff, but you're supposed to do it in the service of creating sculpture, you know? You're supposed to be bringing something out of whatever you're chiseling away at.
If you take that chisel and just knock it all the way down through, then you end up with nothing, and that's no fun.”
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If you take that chisel and just knock it all the way down through, then you end up with nothing, and that's no fun.”
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“I was looked at, but I wasn't seen.”
― El Extranjero
― El Extranjero
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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