Brian Swimme Quotes
There is nothing more mysterious than destiny - of a person, of our species, of our planet, or of the universe itself.
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I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.
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I'm the most competitive person you'll ever meet.
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When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
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I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
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We are a naturally hierarchical species.
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A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
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I now understand the need for faith-pure, blind, fly-in-the-face-of-reason faith-as a small life preserver in the wild and endless sea of a universe ruled by unfeeling laws and totally indifferent to the small, reasoning beings that inhabit it.
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America was changing. I had a feeling of destiny and I was riding the changes... My consciousness was beginning to change, too, change and stretch.
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'You look older, son.''Yes, well, some of us have to get on with the business of being alive in the entropic universe.'
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I don't believe pumpkin pie is even made from pumpkin. I mean, how can something that smells that shitty make a pie so sweet? There's not enough sugar in the universe.
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When I was in my teens, Yehudi Menuhin, who was at work on his project 'The Music of Man,' introduced me to the great astronomer Carl Sagan. It was Sagan who first opened my eyes to the magnitude of the universe, and essentially to the notion of 'music of the spheres.'
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Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to serve their own pride. They will understand, at best, half of the truth. But those who improve themselves for the sake of the world - to these, the whole truth of the universe will be revealed.
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The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.
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Without water, our planet would be one of the billions of lifeless rocks floating endlessly in the vastness of the inky-black void.
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The most important thing is to have the conversation, and let people who do make mistakes feel comfortable enough to continue the conversation.
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There is nothing more mysterious than destiny - of a person, of our species, of our planet, or of the universe itself.
