Philip K. Dick Quotes
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When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.
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A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.
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I realized, then, that I had stood without intending to. Flight reaction, I said to myself. Instinctive. Upon experiencing close adversaries. The lizard part of the brain.
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It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
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He flushes at his presence in a comfort station.
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I, for one, bet on science as helping us. I have yet to see how it fundamentally endangers us, even with the H-bomb lurking about. Science has given us more lives than it has taken; we must remember that.
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'We should celebrate,' Rita said.'Yes. I'm where I wanted to be.' Benteley sipped the remains of his drink. 'Working for the Directorate. Sworn in to the Quizmaster. That’s what I set out for, that day. It seems like a long time ago. Well, I've finally arrived.' He gazed down at his glass and was silent.'How do you feel?''Not much different.'
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Comprehension follows perception.
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The book business is hidebound.
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The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.
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Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
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I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist.
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If you can get them to see the world as you do, they will think as you do.
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The core of my writing is not art but truth.
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Robert Arctor halted. Stared at them, at the straights in their fat suits, their fat ties, their fat shoes, and he thought, Substance D can’t destroy their brains; they have none.
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'matter is plastic in the face of mind.'
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Once they notice you, Jason realized, they never completely close the file. You can never get back your anonymity. It is vital not to be noticed in the first place.
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We'll know homo superior when he comes - by definition. He'll be the one we won't be able to euth.
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The highway construction truck tore up the street at forty miles an hour.
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I dreamed: I am the fish whose flesh is eaten, and because I am fat, it is good.
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I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards.
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Writing is a lonely way of life. You shut yourself up in your study and work and work.
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Movies like 'Westworld' used ideas I'd thought of a long time ago.
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Odd that the brain could function on its own, without acquainting him with its purposes, its reasons. But the brain was an organ, like the spleen, heart, kidneys. And they went about their private activities. So why not the brain?