Vectors famous quotes

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  • Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

  • If someone should ask me, 'What does the soul do?' I would say, It does two things. It loves. And it creates. Those are its primary acts.

  • I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'

  • You can only be great at the big things by being great at the little things. Do something little with greatness today.

  • You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth - and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated.

  • There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.

  • A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

  • For better or worse, I seem to gravitate toward writing about something or someone else, then have my own self shove its way into that story. It seems insanely narcissistic. But I also think there's a particular effect that comes from using my autobiography in service to another story, as opposed to being the subject. I'm much more comfortable working in that mode. And I do think I have a persona or mood that I keep coming back to: self-conscious, self-critical, unsure. I write a lot about bodies, particularly male ones, usually as a point of emphasis for my insecurities about my own.

  • The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.

  • All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.