AUTHOR: Sashie TITLE: A Favorite Quote DATE: Monday, July 24, 2006 ----- BODY: "No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened."

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