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Tom Waits Singer-songwriter, Actor

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"I've made a profound transformation. I've fashioned some cyber-underwear. I'm not scared of anything! Actually, I am scared of a few things. Cyber world is a world of adventure, a new galaxy. I'm big on adventure. But I don't assume that just because the word cyber is being used as a prefix, doesn't give it anymore value or credence. Cyber relationships have the illusion of intimacy, sometimes with the absence of intimacy. Is it better to have a conversation in a café or on the telephone?"

Giving Adventure Profound

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Richard Bach Author

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"To me, one of the most profound questions we can ask is: "So what?" And so what if there's an indefinite number of worlds with alternate "us-es" in them? The "so what," to me, comes alive when I ask myself: "What if I could find a way to get in touch with those alternate mes who made those choices?" That is, persons who, if I saw them now, I wouldn't even recognize because their choices, once small, have multiplied to make them such different people."

People Numbers Profound

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer

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"Buying is profound pleasure."

Pleasure Profound Buying

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Sri Chinmoy Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician

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"Hope is at once both simple and profound. It is hope that binds Heaven and earth. Hope is the bridge between Heaven and earth."

Simple Profound Bridges

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Stefan Zweig Writer

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"States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past."

Past Happiness Profound

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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker

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"The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history."

World Challenges Profound

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Rosanne Cash Singer, Songwriter

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"I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children."

Children Art Profound

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Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist

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"The silence between us was so profound I thought part of it must be my fault."

Silence Profound Faults

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Russell Sherman Author, Poet

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"The context for music is varied and profound. If their fantasy is to be awakened-so that their sounds may be incisive or ravishing-then the menagerie of saints and dragons must be faithfully recalled."

Sound Profound Dragons

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Rollo May Psychologist, Author

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"When one read's Kierkegaard's profound analyses of anxiety and despair or Nietzsche's amazingly acute insights into the dynamics of resentment and the guilt and hostility which accompany repressed emotional powers, one might pinch oneself to realize that one is reading works written in the last century and not some new contemporary psychological analysis."

Reading Emotional Profound

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Laozi Philosopher

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"To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue."

Character Happiness Profound

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Laozi Philosopher

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"Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend."

Essence Profound Taoism

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Laozi Philosopher

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"Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order."

Order Profound Taoism

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Idara Victor Actress

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"I was risking a very promising and lucrative future in the business world that I was all set up to receive. I stepped out completely on faith. But when I engaged with an audience for the first time, I was right at home. I felt safe, and all of my senses worked together with a certain elegance. I understood flow in the most profound way. I knew then that I had to follow my heart."

Heart Home Profound

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Gail Buckley Author

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"Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program."

Years Heart Profound

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Orhan Pamuk Novelist, Screenwriter

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"All great masters, in their work, seek that profound void within color and outside time."

Color Profound Void

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker

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"Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them."

Nature Profound Yield

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Jack Johnson Musician

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"I think it's really important with kids just to show them the beauty of nature and teach them a profound respect for nature."

Thinking Kids Profound

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Gautama Buddha Spiritual Teacher

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"The shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage."

Way Easy Profound

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Geoff Dyer Author

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"It's this thing that's going on all the time - aging. Paul Auster quotes the poet George Opren on growing old: "What a strange thing to happen to a little boy." Which I think is so profound."

Thinking Boys Profound

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