"I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness."

-- Norman Spinrad

#Relationship Quotes #Technology Quotes #Political Quotes

“Sex is really only touch, the closest of all touch. And it's touch we're afraid of.”
“If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideous and repulsive as a cross stained with the blood of Jesus.An unopened grave would never have opened heaven.”
“All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.”
“...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so absorbing that it builds by slow degrees a high wall that shuts out the great world of thought.”
“That men have an interest in knowing the world which surrounds them, and consequently that their reflection should have been applied to it at an early date, is something that everyone will readily admit.”
“In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are in the procreation of children,â€ Turing had advised. â€œRather we are, in either case, instruments of His will providing mansions for the souls that He creates.”
“I'm not really good at writing sad sappy ballads. In terms of the lyrics not matching the vibe of the music, that's kind of the way my career has gone; everyone is a little confused about it all the time.”
“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”

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