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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Freedom of being alone is intoxicating.

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating.

There's nothing more intoxicating than doing big, bold things.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself.

Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think.

I think people love it when anybody acts bad; it's not particular to me.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

I think I gravitate towards people who express themselves in a simple and funny way.