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"Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"What is commonly called 'falling in love' is in most cases an intensification of egoic wanting and needing. You become addicted to another person, or rather to your image of that person. It has nothing to do with true love, which contains no wanting whatsoever."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can express in software millions of different cases and making sure that you handle all of them correctly is extremely difficult."

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Pythagoras Philosopher, Mathematician
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"Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case."

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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
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"in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace."

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Daniel Kahneman Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
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"It's not a case of: 'Read this book and then you'll think differently. I've written this book, and I don't think differently."

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Osamu Dazai Novelist
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"In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after."

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John Cage Composer, Musician
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"Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
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"Anger is a handy term and words are tricky, as we know. What one man perceives as anger, another person - in my case the deliverer of material - is, "Don't you see it, don't you see how badly you're doing?" It's like shaking a child - which you're not supposed to do."

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David Hume Philosopher, Historian
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"Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other."

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