"Okay, so either (a) I just teleported somewhere else entirely (b) they can fold space like no one's business or (c) they are simply ignoring all the rules."

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Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Space Quotes #Okay Quotes

“People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.”
“If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.”
“But this year I have started out trying to live all my waking moments in conscious listening to the inner voice, asking without ceasing, 'What, Father, do you desire said? What, Father, do you desire done this minute?'”

Source : Frank Laubach (2012). “Letters by a Modern Mystic: Excerpts from letters written to his father by Frank C. Laubach”, p.8, SPCK
“I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.”
“The point to remember is that a giant leap into space can be a giant leap toward peace down below.”
“The way we're currently educating people about ***** is to say that ***** is so awful. Heroin is not so much the problem. It's when you combine it. It's hard to die from ***** alone.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face”
“He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you canâ€™t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

Source : "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir".

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