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Being There Quotes (page 113)

There is a misconception, geocentric and anthropomorphic, common to the large majority the the earthbound, which causes them to visualize a planetary system stereoscopically. The mind's eye sees a sun, remote from a backdrop of stars, and surrounded by spinning apples -- the planets. Step out on your balcony and look. Can you tell the planets from the stars? Venus you may pick out with ease, but could you tell it from Canopus, if you had not previously been introduced? That little red... Robert A. Heinlein
There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived. Henry David Thoreau
There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one almost enamoured of death, or one of those nights of horror and misshapen joy, when through the chambers of the brain sweep phantoms more terrible than reality itself, and instinct with that vivid life that lurks in all grotesques, and that lends to Gothic art its enduring vitality, this art being, one might fancy, especially the art of those whose minds have been troubled... Oscar Wilde
Joss Whedon quote: "There are some things I can just smell. It's like a 6th..."
There are some things I can just smell. It's like a 6th sense."Well, actually, that would be one of the five. Joss Whedon
Charles Bukowski quote: "There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light butit..."
There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light butit beats the darkness. Charles Bukowski
There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them. C. S. Lewis
Bob Dylan quote: "There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to..."
There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief... Bob Dylan
There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you can have all of Google in your pocket. It's a difference in degree that's so enormous it becomes a difference in kind. Thomas Friedman
There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line. Dee Dee Myers
There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S. Tim Murphy
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed. Frank Murphy
Robert Mueller quote: "There'll be differences of opinion in just about every..."
There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make. Robert Mueller
Constance Baker Motley quote: "There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's..."
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us. Constance Baker Motley
There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age. Oswald Mosley
There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done. Joe Morton

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