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Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.

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The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

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One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

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Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.

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It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

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The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.

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Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

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Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for brilliance and therefore exalted by many who don't know why, become tarnished because of it.

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My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

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In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us.

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If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

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It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.

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Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

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The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.

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It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

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Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.

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We have better relationships with those who truly seek us rather than those sitting on the couch watching us move mountains trying to prove ourselves.

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I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.

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I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and starts thrashing it. I sometimes love it the next morning, but other times it is an abomination.

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To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy.

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Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.

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I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.

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The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself.

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Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

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Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell.

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Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

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The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you.

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God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think.

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There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.

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The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

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