"How does it feel to be seven thousand years old? That depends. On what? On how I want to feel."

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Greg Egan

#Years Quotes #Doe Quotes #Want Quotes

“My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.”
“Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the promise and prospect of a transcendent world - far beyond the limits of our human experience - and it remains human, all too human.”

Source : Ernst Cassirer (2006). “An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture”
“I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.”
“I am not really a writer. I am just someone who is haunted, and I will write the hauntings down.”
“Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.”

Source : "Death by Government". Book by Rudolph Rummel, 1944.
“It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.”
“Obviously I'm not getting much sleep. You guys can see I'm not getting much sleep right now, but I'm OK with that. I'm OK with not sleeping to be able to prepare myself and mentally keep myself intact on what's the main objective for me right now.”
“I think there is a guy called Michael. It looks as though heâ€™s got a talent. He will make his way to F1.”

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