"A living creature develops a destructive impulse when it wants to destroy a source of danger... The original motive is not pleasure in destruction... I destroy in a dangerous situation because I want to live and do not want to have any anxiety. In short, the impulse to destroy serves a primary biological will to live..."

-- Wilhelm Reich

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“Just because my personal life may not be in shambles any more it doesn't mean anything has been solved. A ring doesn't solve problems. I think I'm still having dark visions. I think I'm just a little bit fatalistic. There is a personality flaw at work perhaps.”
“Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.”
“I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.”

Source : "Chrisette Michele shocked at No. 1 standing". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. May 20, 2009.
“There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.”
“Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge, and never bores you with a summary.”
“Less fear; more hope: just four little four-letter words, but when they are vividly felt as emotion, they are behavior changing, life changing, world-changing.”
“There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.”
“The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.”

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