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- With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back through the generations, all alive…
- We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or not. And if…
- All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
- Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.
- I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as…
- Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels…
- Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others…
- Unconditional love. That’s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return. All other…
- One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an…
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- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Whenever my pocket money fall short. I start to think my life sucks. Then I think about all those out there who… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Don't be selfish and tell me why you're unfollowing me so I can retweet it for the rest and we all can… — Nikhil Saluja
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- I realize my mistake when I lost you in the crowd. I felt the pain n loneliness when I lost you. U… — Anurag Prakash Ray