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ALAN LIGHTMANEach future moves in a different direction of time. Each future is real.
More Alan Lightman Quotes
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I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science.
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All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.
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With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.
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I should have written books instead of reading them.
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A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.
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We often do not see what we do not expect to see.
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I consider myself a spiritual atheist.
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The second squirms and wriggles like a bluefish in a bay. The first is unyielding, predetermined. The second makes up its mind as it goes along.
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A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation.
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I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.
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Making that book into a film is going to be quite a challenge.
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Whenever Obama uses subtleties in discussing a complex issue, he gets creamed.
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It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity.
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But what is the past? Could it be, the firmness of the past is just illusion? Could the past be a kaleidoscope, a pattern of images that shift with each disturbance of a sudden breeze, a laugh, a thought? And if the shift is everywhere, how would we know?
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There are the alpha waves in the brain; another clock is the heart. And all the while tick the mysterious, ruthless clocks that regulate aging.
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