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Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal; yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder. The utmost movements that he allows are a slight quivering of her muscular integuments.
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
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We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
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The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
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I can’t tell by looking in your eyes whether you’re a priest or a crook.
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Me? Well, I don't know, I must go to a dictionary and learn what a crook is. I've never been a crook.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Know what I say? I say time is a crook.
