Alfred Bester Quotes
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave?
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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
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'Don’t you have a religion?' Dorolow asked Horza.'Yes,' he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. 'My survival.'
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The universe is indifferent to our fates. This was the crushing burden that the character took with him as he struggled through the surf toward survival or extinction. The universe just does not give a shit.
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In early history phobias might have provided the extra margin needed to insure survival...
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Cultural and ethnic diversity benefit humanity’s future, survival, strength and excellence, promoting what I call cultural vigour, similar to the way in which molecular and genetic diversity promote 'hybrid vigor' in nature and thus strength, resilience and a higher potential for a problem-free future.
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Circumstances will determine what I term the survival value of humankind’s moral compass. Being highly moral in an immoral environment will almost certainly be detrimental to one’s survival and vice versa.
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Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable.
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The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.
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For black and brown people, caring for ourselves and each other is not a neutral act. It is a necessary and radical part of the struggle to create a more just society. Our healing and survival are essential to the fight.
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The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
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It turns out our brain is sensitive, maybe too sensitive, to motion. It's a survival mechanism.
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It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.
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I love getting out of bed for competition.
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Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.
