"The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas."

-- Eric Hoffer

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“We are now becoming more aware of our links to the universe and are reaching out to the universe for knowledge. We are evolving from earth creatures to star creatures. Our minds now explore the worlds beyond, and we sense a destiny beyond this planet.”
“Well... I still can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. These politicians are such sleazebags that you just don't know. You can't really get anything from a lot of them once they get into power. They totally forget about all their commitments. The poor people elect them, and they forget about all the poor people.”
“I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives.”
“One lives by memory . . . and not by truth.”
“Birds teach us something very important: To whatever height you rise, you will finally come down to the ground!”
“We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think we misuse our ambition for our own gains and rarely for the betterment of ourselves, and people around us and our environment. And I think that's sort of pathetic and desperate.”
“It's easy to be cynical; harder is remembering that on any given day the person beside you on the subway or taking to long to pay for a tub of yogurt at the supermarket could be going through something tremendous and sorrowful and arduous.”

Source : "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 33, 2003.
“I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.”

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