Countries Quote by Neel Burton

““When we imagine an alien planet, we rarely imagine it to be divided into countries—because that would be, you know, backward.””

Neel Burton

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“Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.”

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“Just as Prometheus delivered stolen fire to man, so Eve, and the serpent, delivered man into self-consciousness, setting him up, were it not for…

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“Just as we use speech and gestures to communicate, so we use touch. Words can say, ‘I love you’, but touch can also say…

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Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.

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“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition, and, unless…

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Man first creates the universe in his image, and then turns round to say that God created man in his image... As Voltaire quipped,…

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“Philosophy is a bitter medicine with many fearsome side effects, but if you are able to stomach it, it can cure your soul of…

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“In refining their senses and aesthetic judgement, blind tasters become much more conscious of the richness not only of wine but also of other…

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Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able…

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“Wonder begets culture, which begets yet more wonder, and the end of wonder is wisdom, which is the state of perpetual wonder.”

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There are essentially three types of people: those who love life more than they fear it, those who fear life more than they love…

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“Our life is just as long or short as our remembering: as rich as our imagining, as vibrant as our feeling, and as profound…

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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.

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Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they…

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It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of…

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Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there's a Starbucks and McDonald's everywhere, and you could feel like you're…

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It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in…

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The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran…

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We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators…

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