"In principle the first thing on the stream would be my birth certificate, a little electronic version of that, my parents would put my school records, health records, whatever of their child onto the stream. And the stream continues to flow forward through time."

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Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

David Gelernter

#Children Quotes #School Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?”

Source : Mark Tobey, Arthur L. Dahl (1984). “Mark Tobey, art and belief”, George Ronald Pub Ltd
“I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.”
“The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them.”

Source : Adrienne von Speyr, Adrian Walker (2008). “Lumina and New Lumina”, p.16, Ignatius Press
“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The Christ is a myth. The Holy Ghost Priestcraft overshadowed the harlot Superstition; this Christ was born; and the Joseph of humanity, beguiled by the Gabriel of credulity, was induced to support the family. But the soldiers of Reason have crucified the illegitimate impostor, he is dead; and the ignorant disciples and hysterical women who still linger about the cross should take his body down and bury it.”
“I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.”
“You must know that when you 'hail' Mary, she immediately greets you! Don't think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many-on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you!”
“You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.”

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