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The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that helps him get through the day

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Scott Adams
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 8
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Scott Raymond Adams
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There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's not like I'm just sweating bullets or anything if the clock is ticking. I never let myself get in that situation.
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I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.
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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
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The human population is 90% gullible, violence-prone dipshits.
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The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will be happy. - Wally's Keynote Speech
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