Kevin Kelly Quotes
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.
Quotes to Explore
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
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Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
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I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.
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We see in the electroencephalogram a concomitant phenomenon of the continuous nerve processes which take place in the brain, exactly as the electrocardiogram represents a concomitant phenomenon of the contractions of the individual segments of the heart.
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It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
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A source of conflict for women everywhere is the pull between reproduction and production. Women worldwide have difficulty in balancing their dual roles as caregivers and providers.
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My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store.
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In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.
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I am not a cynic.
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When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was impossibly glamorous. I grew up in awe of her.
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I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.
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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.
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Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.
