Ernest Becker Quotes
To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.
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You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the crime.
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Can someone please explain to me what that was all about?
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I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people.
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In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first.
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I think about death. I don't want to die with clothes in the cleaners.
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He shoots the ball extremely well from the perimeter, which will help our low-post players, ... He is a veteran who brings both playoff experience and leadership.
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Enduring to the end is definitely not a do-it-yourself project.
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He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.
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In my old age there is a coming into flower. My body wanes; my mind waxes.
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The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them. Man's attitude is to be one of obedience and subjection. He is to follow the lead of the angels, and consequently some reverence is already implied in the very relationship that exists between man and angel.
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John Coltrane was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept trying to reach new levels of awareness, of peace, of spirituality. That's why I regard the music he played as spiritual music - John's way of getting closer and closer to the Creator.
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To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.
