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Quote by Henry Miller
The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And pe

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. – Henry Miller

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Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. – Henry Miller

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Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Langs feeble imagination. – Henry Miller

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True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. – Henry Miller

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Excess
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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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Excess

Lets not quibble! Im the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead

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Excess

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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Excess

We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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My dad is a lawyer and my mom is an artist. So growing up was exactly what it sounds like – strict household but a lot of creativity. They are so psyched that I get to make music for a living. My parents rule. – Ty Segall

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Its really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here – a lot of them cant even speak our language. – Romeo Santos

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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet shell be constantly running back. – Horace

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