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Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present,…
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Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
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In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as rigid and…
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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…
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Where are the one billion people who lived and breathed in the year 1800, only two short centuries ago?
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Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance.
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There is a place where time stands still ...illuminated by only the most feeble red light, for light is diminished to almost…
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In a world without future, each parting of friends is a death. In a world without future, each loneliness is final. In…
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In this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in events not…
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In this acausal world, scientists are helpless. Their predictions become postdictions- Their equations become justifications, their logic, illogic. Scientists turn reckless and…
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We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or…
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All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for…
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Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way…
— Juliette Binoche
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I came out of independent film, that's my roots.
— Nicolas Cage
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Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.
— Robert Carlyle
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I want to be reborn as a tree; that way I can plant my roots down, never move and can never be…
— Unknown Author
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Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots…
— Francois Gautier
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I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his…
— Joe Satriani
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I carry my roots with me all the time rolled up, I use them as my pillow.
— Unknown Author
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My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are…
— Pauly Shore
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As of right this second my main focus is my new album, it'll be out probably towards the summertime, predominately R&B this…
— Ne-Yo
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Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.
— Aretha Franklin
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Although I have started my solo activities but this doesnt mean I'll give up my roots, SS501 is my root .
— Kim Hyun-joong
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I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa…
— Miriam Makeba
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