Marilyn Manson Quotes

When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something.

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If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business.

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I just don't like when there's a rumor that says I'm dating someone who is below my standards. But when I got divorced, my ex-wife said I was spending all my time with Lindsay Lohan and Angelina Jolie. I was like, 'Thank you for the big ups!'

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When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

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Man's greatest fear is chaos.

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When I turned about 14, I developed a friendship with this guy whose mom was the secretary to Ernest Angley, the faith healer, who's very popular in the Midwest. He had a television show, and he was sort of like Liberace mixed with Jerry Falwell - very glitzy, very high-tech.

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I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me.

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I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

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Music is the strongest form of magic.

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We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

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Jesus is a half-naked guy, hanging, nailed to a cross, and then people wear that around their neck, and then those are the people that are upset about violence in movies.

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All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.

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