"Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than a response to it. Virtual worlds give back what has been scooped out of modern life. The virtual world is in important ways more authentically human than the real world. It gives us back community, a feeling of competence, and a sense of being an important person whom people depend on."

-- Jonathan Gottschall

#Real Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“You should always aim to be your own mouse, Lieam. In fact...you already are. You are not so quick to jump into danger as Saxon and not as pensive of mind as Kenzie. They rely on each other too much. Saxon knows he can afford to be reckless since Kenzie acts as his conscience. And Kenzie can linger in his thoughts and plans, because he knows Saxon can defend him. I tested Kenzie earlier. I wanted to see if he would be swayed by my advice. It took Saxon's coaxing to make up the greyfur's mind. Be compleete with in yourself young redfur...you will never disappoint. Even in solitude.”
“Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.”

Source : "Jeff Daniels, star of The Newsroom, on walking, talking, and not getting typecast". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2012.
“God knows our despair. God wants His chosen people to live in peace. God loves life, cares less about death. We need to live. I want to live, I want my children to live. Everyone I know wants to live. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you, life is death. What is this world about - life or death?”
“The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity.”
“It is a simple logic truth that, short of mass emigration into space, with rockets taking off at the rate of several million per second, uncontrolled birth-rates are bound to lead to horribly increased death â€“rates. It is hard to believe that this simple truth is not understood by those leaders who forbid their followers to use effective contraceptive methods. They express a preference for â€˜naturalâ€™ methods of population limitation, and a natural method is exactly what they are going to get. It is called starvation.”
“Only freedom from prejudice and tireless zeal avail for the most holy of the endeavours of mankind, the practice of the true art of healing.”

Source : Samuel Hahnemann, Robert Ellis Dudgeon (1913). “Organon of the Rational Art of Healing”
“I was proud, excited and a little frightened. It was all taking off so quicklyâ€¦the more successful the boys were, the further away from me John felt. I was getting used to being a mum, but most of the time I felt like a single parentâ€¦it was hard not to feel frustrated with being stuck at home. I loved Julian, but I knew that if I hadnâ€™t had him I could have seen much more of John and that was hardâ€¦I felt shut off from the life he was living. After years at his side, I was excluded, just as it was all happening.”
“The first sign of a 'smoking gun,' they argue, may be a mushroom cloud.”

Source : "Threats And Responses: The Iraqis; U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest For A-Bomb Parts" by Judith Miller and Michael R. Gordon, www.nytimes.com. September 8, 2002.

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