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I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
American
Novelist
Born:
Feb 21
,
1962
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Insanity
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Eye Of The Beholder
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Say
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Eye
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Status
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Would
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Status Quo
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Any
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Beholder
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In Fact
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Quo
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Might
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Interpreted
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Enlightenment
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