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Quotes by Author
"There isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights."
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"If you try to forget it, nothing can erase a memory."
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"I don't make any pretence of knowing about the existence of a Supreme Entity, neither do I make any attempt to create any friction among religions. If anything, I have spared myself no pains in my endeavor to smoothen the ongoing friction among all religions of the world."
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"Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things."
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"I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series."
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"Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can."
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"The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives."
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"Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror."
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"At the end of almost every AA meeting, someone read the Promises. One of these was 'We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it'. Dan thought he would always regret the past, but he had quit trying to shut the door. Why bother, when it would just come open again? The fucking had no latch, let alone a lock."
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"Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive."
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"Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have."
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"We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs."
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"Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to dress, a true crossroads is revealed. In these moments, when the fog of relative irrelevancy lifts and fate rolls out a demand for free will, there is only left or right " no option of four-by-fouring into the underbrush between two paths, no negotiating with the choice that has been presented. You must answer the call and pick your way. And there is no reverse."
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"If you're Strigoi," the boy interrupted loudly, "then why don't you have horns? My friend Jeffrey said Strigoi have horns."Dimitri's eyes fell not on the boy but on me for a moment. Again, that spark of knowing shot between us. Then, face smooth and serious, Dimitri turned to the boy and answered, "Strigoi don't have horns. And even if they did, it wouldn't matter because I'm not a Strigoi."
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"When you feel great about you, personal qualities radiate that make you more attractive and compelling to others."
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"What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?"
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"Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'. Don't choose to walk the well-worn path to regret."
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"The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity."
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"You can be a small element in a corporate system serving your boss all your life and you will retire unsatisfied with your way of living."
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"It is our beliefs, more than our experiences, that determine life's possibilities."
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"Isn't materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?"
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"When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less."
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"Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines."
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"If the gate to your precious room is always left ajar, people shall least knock before entering into your precious room!"
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"I've learned that in order to effectively and genuinely "Change" for the better.#1. Must want to change. (Grow)#2. Know who we are now relative to who we want to be.#3. Paradoxically we must except who we are in the present moment. (You are worthy right now, you are just searching for a higher a 'self')#4. Know that "True" change comes from within the mind. To the much deeper 'self' feelings and emotions.#5. Make no drastic changes, but focus simply on making small ones within the present moment.Sincerely,My present self."
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"The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness."
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"What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are."
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"Enlightenment is the key to empowerment."
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"If God had not grievance to all, we will not have survived up to the time we repented."
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"You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment."
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"The typical image of a depressed, lazy and tired person is someone hunched over and inert. Often, the assumption is that if one had more enthusiasm and inspiration, he would then stand up straight and move. In many cases, this equation is backward. But, as with everything related to one's physicality, balance is the key. An overly erect and rigid posture may convey confidence and power to some, but it also causes a subtle accumulation of tension and rigidity on various levels, including psychological and emotional."
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"I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now."
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"For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent."
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"Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else."
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"What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow."
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"Universal emptiness is mere concept.The fact is, there was never emptiness."
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"Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie."
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