You know, the philosopher Nietzsche believed we shouldn't live for the future, but for the present. He thought that people who chased after some far-off future dream were really running away from their true destiny.
Yeah, well, Nietzsche can call me a chicken if he wants, but he has never dated someone like Clark Kent.
It wouldn't have mattered. To him, the true hero was the person who embraced the life that he or she was given and made it better. He called that person "Übermensch".
A Superman.
Nietzsche believed we could all be one. In our own way.
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