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The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?I think one of the reasons why things are getting blurry is because there is not much meaning.

The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?I think one of the reasons why things are getting blurry is because there is not much meaning.



If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.

If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.



We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.

We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.



-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.

-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.



All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.



The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.

The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.



Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.

Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.



While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.



Everyone shares the same fate.

Everyone shares the same fate.



The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?

The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?





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Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.

Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.



There's a very simple reason why quality relationships are scarce: we live in a fallen world, and it sucks.

There's a very simple reason why quality relationships are scarce: we live in a fallen world, and it sucks.



Being a superhero is hard work. You have to save the world. But going to school is even harder. You have to save yourself.

Being a superhero is hard work. You have to save the world. But going to school is even harder. You have to save yourself.



Dakota's head was stuck in his toga. He staggered around olike a Kool-Aid-stained ghost."Um, " Percy said, "should I wear my bed sheets?

Dakota's head was stuck in his toga. He staggered around olike a Kool-Aid-stained ghost."Um, " Percy said, "should I wear my bed sheets?



Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.



We probably release 1% of the products that we are working on.

We probably release 1% of the products that we are working on.



Failure is the seed of success

Failure is the seed of success



What fun is life without a bit of showing off?

What fun is life without a bit of showing off?



We will not return No one must leave here and so carry to the world, together with the sign impressed on his skin, the evil tidings of what man's presumption made of man in Auschwitz

We will not return No one must leave here and so carry to the world, together with the sign impressed on his skin, the evil tidings of what man's presumption made of man in Auschwitz




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