Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Quotes
Today we know more about Jupiter than the guy who lives next door to us. We can predict where an election will go, we can turn a gene on or off, and we can even send a robot to Mars, but we are lost if asked to explain or predict the phenomena we might expect to know the most about, the actions of our fellow humans.
Quotes to Explore
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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Many U.S. organizations believe that I am being barred from the country not because of my actions but because of my ideas. The conclusion seems inescapable.
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I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.
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I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well – spent.
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The gods behold all righteous actions.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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We just have to be careful of our actions as world citizens.
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The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, whatever you might call them, are going to be very historically unique human beings.
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Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by US forces.
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For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.
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If your love didn't always contain the possibility of loss, it would be very different from human love as we know it.
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A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.
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One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years.
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I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.
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I think we validate our lives through our actions.
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To be a good friend remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like and that as we give we get.
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Our actions determine our dispositions.
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I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction.
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Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species.
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So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some people freak out and turn that person into either an object of worship or, some people freak out and want to kill that person. I think it's because they know what's true but they don't want to know, they don't want to face up to what that actually means. So they're going to kill the messenger and hope that by doing so they'll destroy the message so they can go back to living their ordinary life again.
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Lake Pend Oreille is definitely my favorite place to be while in Sandpoint. I love to get out on a boat to enjoy water sports, camping, fishing, or just to relax and catch a sunset.
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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
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Today we know more about Jupiter than the guy who lives next door to us. We can predict where an election will go, we can turn a gene on or off, and we can even send a robot to Mars, but we are lost if asked to explain or predict the phenomena we might expect to know the most about, the actions of our fellow humans.
