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“In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.”
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“I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.”
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“It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.”
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“Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.”
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“Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.”
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“If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of Scripture, which they have miserably warped to their purpose, I regard them not, and even despise their rash judgement.”
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“The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.”
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“If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.”
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“I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another.”
Source : "ED GORMAN CALLING: We Talk to Richard Matheson". www.mysteryfile.com. 
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“Working at a job that you hate. Having a career and a life that you have no passion for. That's hell.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
