"What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy"

-- Samuel Alexander

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“Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the earth.”
“I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.”
“Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.”
“Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.”
“It is better to be quotable than to be honest.”

Source : Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). “Tom Stoppard in Conversation”, p.49, University of Michigan Press
“Must not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? (6:2)”
“It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s”

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