"I would rather be disliked for who I am than to be respected for who I'm not."

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Cecil Murphey

#Who I Am Quotes

“Brazil obviously connotes something in my mind to do with desire, sexuality and freedom. In fantasy, in mythology, Rio is the iconography of the imagination. In essence, we're all sex tourists. I've never been to Rio and I've never been to a psychoanalytic convention, but in a sense, Rio is symbolic of desire, some sort of ultimate ecstasy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely and entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.”
“Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.”
“Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions.”

Source : "Slavoj Zizek: I am not the world’s hippest philosopher!". Interview with Katie Engelhart, www.salon.com. December 29, 2012.
“A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.”
“Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.”
“In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.”
“I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.”

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