"When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing."

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Source : "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality". Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky, www.hpmor.com. 2010 - 2015.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Ordinary Quotes #Doe Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm far from a saint.”

Source : "UFC on FX 4: Clay Guida Exclusive on 'The Big Lebowski,' Gray Maynard, and More". Interview with Garrett Derr, bleacherreport.com. June 18, 2012.
“No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.”
“Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.”
“Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.”
“It is unacceptable to risk the lives of American soldiers and sailors merely to accommodate the sexual lifestyles of certain individuals.”

Source : "Enough is Enough" by Michael Rogers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2007.
“For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism.”

Source : "The Faith of a Heretic". Book by Walter Kaufmann, ch. 6, 1961.
“When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty.”

Source : 'To Althea, From Prison'
“I think a day in your life on which nothing bad happens may be a wonderful day, but it probably isn't going to be the basis of a story.”

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