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The Thing is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. The Thing was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and he first appeared in Fantastic Four #1. Known for his trademark rocky appearance, he has superhuman strength, a sense of humor, and the battle cry and catchphrase "It's clobberin' time!".

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“Nothing at all is to be valued, but life should be sweet. You should not serve things; things should serve you.”
— Šuruppak, Instructions of Shuruppak (3rd millennium BCE).
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things well.”
— Keswick, in The Education Outlook (1926) Vol. 78
“One whose intentions and thoughts are cultivated will disregard wealth and nobility. One whose greatest concern is for the Way and righteousness will take lightly kings and dukes. It is simply that when one examines oneself on the inside, external goods carry little weight. A saying goes, "The gentleman makes things his servants. The petty man is servant to things."”
— Xun Zi, “Cultivating Oneself,” E. Hutton, trans., Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 263

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