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Jonathan Nolan Quotes: We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.
         

We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.


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We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.

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We live in a moment in history in which our privacy may not be important.

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Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment.

Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment.



Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.



Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots.

Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots.



I was struck by - Einstein's a fascinating figure who didn't have any instruments that he used, he didn't use telescopes, he used his mind to try to understand the universe.

I was struck by - Einstein's a fascinating figure who didn't have any instruments that he used, he didn't use telescopes, he used his mind to try to understand the universe.



Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.



Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that it's about you and me.

Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that it's about you and me.





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