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> [“Something went greatly wrong in our collective history and the starting point of it was the industrial revolution. Our school systems are focussed on a single objective: to produce model citizens for society in order to feed this machine and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/something-went-greatly-wrong-in-our-collective-history-and-the/)

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## More by Martinus Hendrikus Benders

> [“Not to mention the fact that the belief in conspiracy theories is already a form of conspiracy theory in itself. It's to me not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/not-to-mention-the-fact-that-the-belief-in-conspiracy-theories-is/)

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> [“Last week I wrote that the reason Hollywood films are so bad last 10 years is that all the better scriptwriters were hired by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/last-week-i-wrote-that-the-reason-hollywood-films-are-so-bad-last-10/)

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> [“Thinking outside the box' is ridiculous nonsense, since whatever you can do in a 'box' or closed environment is not 'thinking'. If I 'think'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/thinking-outside-the-box-is-ridiculous-nonsense-since-whatever-you/)

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> [“Mr Rutger cornet de Groot. Never read any American poetry or any other foreign poetry, which is why he always mentions 2 poets as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/mr-rutger-cornet-de-groot-never-read-any-american-poetry-or-any-other/)

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> [“What is the role of intellectuals in Europe? There's this debate in which all speakers do not appear to me to even be intellectuals.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/what-is-the-role-of-intellectuals-in-europe-there-s-this-debate-in/)

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> [“Something went greatly wrong in our collective history and the starting point of it was the industrial revolution. Our school systems are focussed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/something-went-greatly-wrong-in-our-collective-history-and-the/)

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> [“I think i am too chaotic to ever get depressed. Depression somehow requires an ordered mind where the depression can get hold. Depressions just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-think-i-am-too-chaotic-to-ever-get-depressed-depression-somehow/)

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> [“If you ask me, I think Jerry Springer destroyed the public image of the USA. I mean up to early in the nineties I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/if-you-ask-me-i-think-jerry-springer-destroyed-the-public-image-of/)

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> [“My Latin girlfriend sees me read, snigger, read on intensily and said "you look like someone who is attacked by a butterfly "" mails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/my-latin-girlfriend-sees-me-read-snigger-read-on-intensily-and-said/)

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> [“Talent is 98% hard work - even Brel said so. The best signal for lack of talent is therefore quite simply low production. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/talent-is-98-hard-work-even-brel-said-so-the-best-signal-for-lack-of/)

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> [“Remember this: a simple pen is much more swift and much more precise than a camera. That's my advice to both beginning and experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/remember-this-a-simple-pen-is-much-more-swift-and-much-more-precise/)

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> [“I have female friends that get mails from publishers that read 'Hey. I heard you write about sex. This is a very popular topic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-have-female-friends-that-get-mails-from-publishers-that-read-hey-i/)

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> [“I have always said that whomever has limited preferences cannot be a critic, for the same reason some guy who only likes blondes cant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-have-always-said-that-whomever-has-limited-preferences-cannot-be-a/)

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> [“Movements in literature were not caricatures - in the sense that they actually functioned as an ideology in politics does. As now a monopolistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/movements-in-literature-were-not-caricatures-in-the-sense-that-they/)

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> [“Every writer on this planet THINKS he is a great writer (why waste your entire life writing when you believe you are mediocre?) but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/every-writer-on-this-planet-thinks-he-is-a-great-writer-why-waste/)

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