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Making that book into a film is going to be quite a challenge.

Alan Lightman

The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past.
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Action Argument Consequence Future Need Uncertain
The time-deaf are unable to speak what they know. For speech needs a sequence of words, spoken in time.
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Deal Know Speak Time Unable
Most people have learned to live in the moment.
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Earn Live Moment Most People
Another strand of my writing is the importance of the idea.
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Another Strand Idea Importance Write
Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.
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Aftre Begin Down Ecept Gof Sit Universe
I have a number of vague ideas where I just have the core or kernel of the idea. I feel like I need some time for my mind to fill up again. I feel empty. Right now.
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Core Idea Kernel Number Vague
You’ve made something grand, but it will be grander if it has feeling and beauty and harmony.
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Beauty Feel Grand Grander Harmony Something
A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels suddenly wealthy the moment he buys an automobile…But this happy sensation wears off.
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Automobile Bicycle Buy Happy Life Nothing Own Sensation Suddenly Wealthy Wear
In restaurants, walking, they have cell phones clamped to their to heads.
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Cell Clamp Head Phone Restaurant Walk
Every essay – the subject matter of every essay – is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world.
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Essay Every Him Himself Matter Subject Ultimate
In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully.
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Carefully Extremely Fiction Handle Idea Write
The first is as rigid and metallic as a massive pendulum of iron that swings back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
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Back First Forth Iron Massive Metallic Pendulum Rigid Swing
Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.
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Each Same Time True Truth
I wouldn’t overall say that “The Diagnosis” is a funny book. I would say that it has comic moments. It’s a modern tragedy.
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Each person knows that somewhere is recorded the moment she was born, the moment she took her first step, the moment of her first passion, the moment she said goodbye to her parents.
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Born Movement Parent Passion Person Record Somewhere
Science is an intellectual journey, and to me, it’s not the destination.
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Destination Intellectual Journey Science

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