If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

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White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again...

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again...

You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.

You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.

We love because it's the only true adventure

We love because it's the only true adventure

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just...

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just...

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do....

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do....

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely...

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely...

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for...

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for...

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be...

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be...

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

We love because it's the only true adventure

We love because it's the only true adventure

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked,...

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked,...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get...