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The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails.

Anton Szandor LaVey

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Good news is only really good to those directly involved. Most people lead such futile and useless lives that only bad news makes them feel better. If not better, certainly gooder. If one cannot gain recognition for anything else, he can rest well with the assurance that he is good, which in most case equates with right.
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There is no heaven, there is no hell, except here on Earth.
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Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!
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