"Death is a great tragedyâ€¦a profound lossâ€¦I donâ€™t accept itâ€¦I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death."

-- Ray Kurzweil

#Loss Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Profound Quotes

“One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.”
“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”
“To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when you can't do anything about poverty or the budget deficit, and you can't deal with Bosnia or the possibility of nuclear explosions in Russia, what do you do? You bash Hollywood and get on the front pages.”

Source : "Public Endorses Uplifting Movies, Dole Tells Hollywood" by Adam Nagourney, www.nytimes.com. July 31, 1996.
“Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within - for we are both, and to ignore this duality is to invite disaster.”
“One hand washes the other...both hands wash the face.”
“Four things will shame the students of knowledge: Criticizing people, praising themselves, not teaching the knowledge,and not practicing what they know.”
“And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love!”
“I started writing more with my voice in mind.”

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