"We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship."

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Source : "Are We Plugged-In, Connected, But Alone?". 'TED Radio Hour' with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 26, 2013.

#Lonely Quotes #Technology Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky”
“There was a time in medieval England when they had wandering minstrels ... A wandering minstrel would have been Frank Sinatra's counterpart had he lived during the time of Henry II in 1190 or 1180.”

Source : Source: www.news-journalonline.com
“There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.”
“This is how philosophers should salute each other: â€˜Take your time.”
“Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping”
“Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses.”
“It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a proper human goal is the freedom from fantasy, that is the realism of compassion. What I have called fantasy, the proliferation of blinding self-centered aims and images, is itself a powerful system of energy, and most of what is often called 'will' or 'willing' belongs to this system. What counteracts the system is attention to reality inspired by, consisting of, love.”
“Boredom is a disease, too.”

Source : "Cheech & Chong Light Up 'The Factor'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. November 18, 2009.

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