"Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have to stop and search their memories merely to know who these so-called great men might be. And so the great man is left with the crowd, the worthless majority...for his admirers."

-- Knut Hamsun

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“A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking!”
“When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.”
“I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.”
“Surfers are in tune with the weather because if there's a storm coming, there are waves coming. I love the rain.”
“I think people stop themselves from doing the things they want to do. I just think you never know how long you're going to be around so you might as well do the things that are intriguing. Nobody really cares anyway so you have to do what makes you happy.”

Source : Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, www.suicidegirls.com. April 8, 2004.
“Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.”
“We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.”
“My cartoons appear in newspapers, which are full of words, but there's something about having it in this little box that confounds people's expectations.”

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