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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Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their views and filter out all else or never learn of alternatives. Thus they narrow their options, and magnify each other's prejudices and misconceptions. This trend leads to blind spots in decision making and to extreme behavior, even terrorism.
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Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies.
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To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.
