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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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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My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8.
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I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.
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As you look at your fears head-on, you'll begin to see how much of what you fear is just False Evidence Appearing Real. When you act on this false evidence, you create chaos in your life.
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Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow. Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.
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I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.
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If you really want to do it nothing and no one is going to stop you, if you don't really want to do it, nothing and no one is going to help you. 5
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The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
