"Any conqueror in human history has always been ultimately someone who exists purely for the expansion of their own ego, through amounting more."

-- Scott Derrickson

#Ego Quotes #Expansion Quotes #Conqueror Quotes

“Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?”
“There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.”
“It is easier for the reader to judge, by a thousand times, than for the writer to invent. The writer must summon his Idea out of nowhere, and his characters out of nothing, and catch words as they fly, and nail them to the page. The reader has something to go by and somewhere to start from, given to him freely and with great generosity by the writer. And still the reader feels free to find fault.”
“Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it.”
“My wife thinks I'm very hot. She tells me that every couple weeks, especially when we go to the NCAA tournament and all the nice things come along with it.”
“Itâ€™s the same with people who say, â€˜Whatever doesnâ€™t kill you makes you stronger.â€™ Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesnâ€™t kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesnâ€™t kill you makes you incredibly annoying.”
“I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.”
“All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and discipline of their faculties, and the same working of their life up to and into their high ideals of life.”

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