Aaron Hotchner quotes from Criminal Minds

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Shakespeare wrote, "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." [NOTE: This quote is falsely attributed to Shakespeare and is actually a slight rewording of "Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable" from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'s The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.]

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Nietzsche wrote, "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe." [NOTE: This quotation is falsely attributed to Nietzsche, and was actually spoken by Rudyard Kipling in a 1935 interview that was published in Reader's Digest in 1959.]

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Anthony Brandt wrote, "Other things may change us, but we start and end with family."

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Mexican proverb: "The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman."

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Philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote, "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." [NOTE: This quote is falsely attributed to Gibran and is actually from Edwin Hubbell Chapin's 1860 book Living Words.]

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"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." Oscar Wilde

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"The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone." Milan Kundera

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Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Remember that all through history there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seemed invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always." [NOTE: Gandhi never actually said this quote; it was written for the 1982 film Gandhi and was spoken by Ben Kingsley, who played Gandhi.]

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"There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins." Ecclesiastes 7:20

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"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine

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"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul." John Calvin

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Gandhi said, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." [NOTE: This quote is often disputed as to whether or not Gandhi said it. There are other forms of the quotation, including: The aphorism "Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow" is variously attributed to Isidore of Seville and a similar quote by by Johann Gottfried Herder: "Man, enjoy your life as if you were to depart tomorrow; spare your life as if you were to linger here forever."]

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"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." Herman Melville

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Sit down. I've been standing on the other side of that glass thinking about what to do with you, Steven. And this morning I decided to save your life. You're gonna tell me where my killer is. You're gonna give me an address, and you're gonna tell me how to get inside without raising an alarm. You're gonna draw me a map if I need one. And you're gonna do this because he's never been nice to you. He constantly insults you and belittles you. He emasculates you and makes you feel ugly and stupid and worthless. Nothing you ever do is right. Never good enough. You hate him, Steven. And you're also going to tell me because you know you screwed up last night. He told you that your paramount concern was not to attract the attention of the authorities, and you know the punishment will be severe. Nobody knows better than you what he can do to people. I've spent a long time studying monsters like your friend, and I can promise you he's gonna do things to you that even you can't imagine.

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"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles." Charles Chaplin