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Misanthropy2 quotes
There are times when I...I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money I can get away from everyone. — Daniel Plainview · 2007I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people. — Daniel Plainview · 2007Overcoming obstacles1 quote
A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll...it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and desert and chasm that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp...what's the use of knowing True North? — Abraham Lincoln · 2012