"I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me."

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Source : David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.94, Broadway Books

David Lipsky

#Universe Quotes

“The peers just fill the air with their speeches.""And from what I've seen, vice versa.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.46, Spectra
“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But are they smart enough to solve the problems of the 21st century?”
“I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.”
“For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.”
“I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before.”
“Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.”
“Genes do make a contribution to the IQ score - but a flower needs soil. The environment for poor people is so overwhelmingly powerful, it washes out the genetic effect. There is a genetic contribution to IQ, but you can't detect it when you're living in a deprived environment.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.”

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