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Confessions
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when you tell a young person something with all the authority of a teacher, you actually risk amplifying the trouble. I began to feel that there was nothing more self-indulgent and foolish than forcing my opinions on my students.
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“I will state that ambition without ability is the greatest evil in the world. It ever fathers monstrous crimes against mankind.”
― The Life of Herod the Great
― The Life of Herod the Great
“It's a lot easier to have faith in something you can't see, can't touch, can't explain, and can't change, rather than to have faith in something you actually can.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.”
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz
“Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.”
― Dear Justyce
― Dear Justyce
“As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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