"Your first realization when you become an..." - Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.
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“There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.”
“The 'you' who you think you are does not exist.”
“We are in the final stages of egoic madness. Almost the whole world is fighting each other.”