Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. … It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity.
ALAN LIGHTMANI consider myself a spiritual atheist.
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I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science.
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What sense is there in continuing when one has seen the future?
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I’ve taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it’s a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.
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People are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.
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Unconditional love. That’s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return.
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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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While people can be doubted, time cannot be doubted. While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.
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Such is the cost of immortality. No person is whole. No person is free. Over time, some have determined that the only way to live is to die. In death, a man or a woman is free of the weight of the past [and the future].
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We don’t have the time, literally, to think during the day. To listen to ourselves think. To think about where we are going, who we are, what’s important.
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Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
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A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation.
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The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?
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A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is predictable.
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There is a place where time stands still.
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Although technology is proceeding at a dizzying pace, I believe that the human mind will always have control of itself.
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