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

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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...

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

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

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....

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.

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,...

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...

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...

We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

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...

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.

We love because it's the only true adventure

We love because it's the only true adventure

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.