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It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.


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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.



After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.



What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?

What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?



To go faster you must slow down.

To go faster you must slow down.



There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.



If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.

If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.



What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.



How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?

How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?



Let's all be different same as me.

Let's all be different same as me.



You have many years to live do things you will be proud to remember when you're old.

You have many years to live do things you will be proud to remember when you're old.





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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light. But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.



To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.

To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.



Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

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We do not support an automatic pathway to citizenship.

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I try not to look at my schedule for the week because I'll get so overwhelmed. Every day, there are multiple things to be done and 10 things I don't end up accomplishing.



Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.



The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger.

The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger.



I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.

I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.



The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.




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