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“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. They do everything in their power not to have […]

“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. They do everything in their power not to have any. And therefore, the great man, in order to exist, must possess a force of attack which is greater than the force of resistance developed by millions of people.” — Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) “Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness.” – Nathaniel Branden (full quote) If you want to do great things, by definition you have to behave differently than Most People. Deviance is socially discouraged.…

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