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“Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.”
Source : Paracelsus (1918). “The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus: Extracted and Translated from His Rare and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts”
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“Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.”
Source : "Angels and demons" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2008. 
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“Logic and over-analysis can immobilise and sterilize an idea. It's like love. The more you analyse it, the more it disappears.”
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“The "norm" for humanity is love. Brutality is an aberration. We are not sinners by nature. We learn to be bad. We are taught to stray from our good paths. We are made to be crazy by other people who are also crazy and who draw for us a map of the world which is ugly, negative, fearful, and crazy.”
Source : Jack D. Forbes (2011). “Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism”, p.17, Seven Stories Press
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“For someone in my position, there's opportunities to be anything you want to be, even if you shouldn't be eligible, and I think that's left a bad taste in a lots of financers' and studios' mouths. Just cause someone's popular at one thing, letting them do the other isn't always the right thing.”
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“Being blessed with good health gives you the strength and loving what you do and - is a privilege that keeps you going. So I'm just happy as a lark.”
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“It seemed to me that people do a rather good job of creating levels of hell all by themselves, and this was something worth writing about.”
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“My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.”
