Prison Quote by Robert Greene

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“Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.”

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I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time.

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Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.

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Identity is not negotiable. An identity you have achieved by agreement is always a prison.

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