"Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider the creation of intelligences greater than our own. When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation breaks down and new models must be applied - and the world will pass beyond our understanding."

-- Vernor Vinge

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“A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear”
“Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise,”
“The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be - is to become fixated with them, to dwell on them. When we do that, not only do we deny the other things that comprise us, but experience teaches that there will be an increased likelihood that eventually we will simply succumb to the inclination.”

Source : Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org
“Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of”
“I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.”
“Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.”
“[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.”
“In the case of some women, orgasms take quite a bit of time. Before signing on with such a partner, make sure you are willing to lay aside, say, the month of June, with sandwiches having to be brought in.”

Source : Bruce Jay Friedman (1978). “The Lonely Guy: And, The Slightly Older Guy”, p.145, Grove Press

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