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It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome and pushes against stuff.
Robert Greene
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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
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Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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Nothing is given to you.
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The conventional mind is passive - it consumes information and regurgitates it in familiar forms. The dimensional mind is active, transforming everything it digests into something new and original, creating instead of consuming.
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You have the power to think differently about who you are. You have the ability to turn off the critical voice inside of you. That's not you. That's coming from the culture. That's coming from the outside of you. You've internalized the voice of your parents, your teachers, your friends.
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