"The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

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“The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.”
“Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.”
“I'm a really sensitive person. I cry if I miss a cab. I've always worn my emotions on my sleeve. I think it makes life so much better when you can talk about anything.”
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
“Any one who has stood upon a lofty summit and gazed over an inchoate tangle of deep canyons and cragged mountains, of sunlit lakelets and black expanses of forest, has become aware of a certain giddy sensation that there are no distances, no measures, simply unrelated matter rising and falling without any analogy to the banal geometry of breadth, thickness, and height.”
“Youâ€™ve gotta taste the light, like my friend and fellow shooter Chip Maury says. And when you see light like this, trust me, itâ€™s like a strawberry sundae with sprinkles.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
“When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.”

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