"Consciousness," according to current scientific thought, was something the higher mammals had evolved in order to help them reproduce, much the way a garden slug secretes slime. It had no special ontological status. The "self" was a genetically modulated and biologically useful illusion."

-- Robert Charles Wilson

#Garden Quotes #Self Quotes #Order Quotes

“The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.”
“All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. Thatâ€™s what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The world loves a spice of wickedness.”
“Downloading songs is not good.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.”
“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
“I think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself.”
“I've always been a very sexual person. That doesn't mean I'm going around feeling my breasts and pressing myself against men, but I'm a sexual being.”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com

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