Larry Brilliant Quotes
The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
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I would like to direct.
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Sometimes I feel like I have a dozen different people inside of me. I've always been that way, and I've always written stuff down.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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I want to be known as A.J. Styles, the WWE Superstar that he is, and have amazing matches, make memories - I think that's the goal.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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And life 's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
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Henry told me he is often the life of the party, as if he didn't already know that to be the life of the party is the most sad and pathetic of all things to be.
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist.
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The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
