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“I started entering in a series of problems I had never occupied myself with - water, production, employment. I am learning. You can do so many things. However, I don't feel guilty for living well here.”
Source : Source: wwd.com
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“Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.”
Source : James Martineau (1888). “A Study of Religion, Its Sources and Contents”
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“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.”
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“Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet he goes back into the ground a few feet in order blindly and dumbly to rot and disappear forever.”
Source : Ernest Becker (2007). “The Denial of Death”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
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“If frequency with which you cite an education credential does not decrease over the course of your life, you’re not accomplishing very much.”
Source : Twitter post from Dec 3, 2009
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“It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”
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“Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.”
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“For us the Dresden Dolls were porcelain dolls that were made in that city at the time, that is what they were to us, and also a reference in Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, and in a song by The Fall.”
Source : PunkTv Interview, March 26, 2006.