Ray Kurzweil Quotes
Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.
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I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.
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I become quite obsessive when I get into something.
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It's funny: sometimes with 'Spaced,' people would try and read too much into something I'd done, with the references meaning something more than they do.
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Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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It is strange, is it not, how the more strenuously we deny the importance of race in human affairs, the more obsessed with it and the touchier on the subject we grow.
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Nothing that actually occurs is of the smallest importance.
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I have always been conscious of the importance and the strength of nationalism, and this has led me straight to the acknowledgment of the nationalism of the Palestinian people.
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Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance.
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The sense that the meaning of the universe had evaporated was what seemed to escape those who welcomed Darwin as a benefactor of mankind. Nietzsche considered that evolution presented a correct picture of the world, but that it was a disastrous picture. His philosophy was an attempt to produce a new world-picture which took Darwinism into account but was not nullified by it.
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In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in two seconds at the utmost, and it now remained only to fill in such unimportant details as what they were called; where they lived; and whether they were beggars or people of substance.
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In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.
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The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."
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Maybe I do wanna become a woman, so what is the crime in that?
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Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery.
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A great road trip. To come back in Cleveland to win that series and get these two ... no excuses, but it's been a long road trip for just five games. It's huge going 4-1. Cleveland has a great team and Tampa Bay is playing better. But we pitched well and scored some runs. We're starting to jell together.
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For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry - shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
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Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.
