"No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it."

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Fernando Pessoa

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“You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant.”
“Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day.”
“Wine gives strength to weary men.”
“People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.”

Source : "A Senator Whom Colleagues Are Hesitant to Cross" by Carl Hulse, www.nytimes.com. October 25, 2003.
“People are always throwing things at me that I've said and I say that I didn't mean anything.”
“I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.”

Source : "Jack Black: On Music, Mayhem And Murder". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, listen.sdpb.org. April 23, 2012.
“In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time.”
“An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.”

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