Martijn Benders Quotes

#1. When one would ask most modern artists, poets, writers and other status quo fueled semi-intellectuals who Machiavelli was - was that an opera singer?

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#2. In a neurotic society, insane ideas can become 'normal', the current triumph of tribalism is the result of rabid global anti-intellectualism.

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#3. I tried to google one line i found I thought was great, turns out i wrote it myself. Trying not to feel old now.

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#4. The people on television scoffing and laughing at mediocrity - they are the real mediocrity.

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#5. I have female friends that get mails from publishers that read 'Hey. I heard you write about sex. This is a very popular topic now'.

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#6. I bought a backscrabber. One more reason to have no need for a relationship.

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#7. I have voted to legalize recreational incarnations. We should no longer jail people in a body just because they have chosen to incarnate in this dimension for fun. Are you guys with me on this one?

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#8. I'm kind of bored with being the boss of the internet. It doesn't feel right without the massage.

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#9. People who write poetry while walking their dog can't possibly write poetry i'd be fucking interested in

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#10. One of my hobbies is discovering Universal laws. Here's one: if you light a cigarette, the bus always comes immediately. I have tested this theory many years, its a golden rule. If you light the cigarette, the bus ALWAYS comes.

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#11. I really dont feel that persons who discovered in 2011 after 6 years of struggle how to install a wordpress weblog have the right to the word 'avantgarde'.

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#12. Last week I wrote that the reason Hollywood films are so bad last 10 years is that all the better scriptwriters were hired by the Pentagon. Today in the news: Pentagon refused to cooperate with movie 'Avengers' for it found its script 'not realistic enough'.

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#13. I think i am too chaotic to ever get depressed. Depression somehow requires an ordered mind where the depression can get hold. Depressions just give up on me, usually at first sight. It's mutual - I find them really tedious and boring.

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