Larry Brilliant Quotes
The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.
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I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at it. That's a big part of why I became a comedian. My audience is filled with every kind of person you can imagine, and I love that.
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I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.
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No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism.
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The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
