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We struck up a conversation, taking pains at first to give it an easy flow and sticking to the most frivolous topics. Did he, I asked, believe in predestination? He did. Did he believe that all men were doomed to die? Yes, he felt certain that all men would absolutely have to die, but he was less sure that all men had to be born... Gunter Grass
The robot said, 'I have been trying, friend Julius, to understand some remarks Elijah made to me earlier. Perhaps I am beginning to, for it suddenly seems to me that the destruction of what should not be, that is, the destruction of what you people call evil, is less just and desirable than the conversion of thi sevil into what you call good.' He hesitated, then, almost as though he were surprised at his own owrds, he said, 'Go, and sin no more! Isaac Asimov
George Orwell quote: "In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the..."
In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane. George Orwell
If grass grows and withers, it can only mean that it is part of a greater thing, which is even more real; not that the grass is less real than it looks. St. Thomas (Aquinas) has a really logical right to say, in the words of the modern mystic, A. E.: "I begin by the grass to be bound again to the Lord. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Power resides where men believe it resides. No more no less.' "So power is a mummer's trick?" "A shadow on the wall,... yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. George R. R. Martin
Ozzy Osbourne quote: "Nothing more, nothing less..."
Nothing more, nothing less... Ozzy Osbourne
Dian Fossey quote: "When you realize the value of all life you dwell less on past..."
When you realize the value of all life you dwell less on past and concentrate more on the conservation of the future. Dian Fossey
It does not make you less of a woman to need a man. To need one to exist, yes, this is nonsense. To need one to give one scope and importance, this is dishonest. But to need a man, one man, to bring joy and passion? This is life Nora Roberts
Victor Hugo quote: "Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are..."
Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less. Victor Hugo
The voices may propel you to warble along, or to dance, they may inspire you to seduction or insurrection or introspection or merely to watching a little less television. Jonathan Lethem
Eugene O'Neill quote: "If that ghost have money I tells him never to haunt you --..."
If that ghost have money I tells him never to haunt you -- less'n he wants to lose it! Eugene O'Neill
They say only love can create, so who the fuck could love up a centipede? He's got more love in him than I got. Now, killing a centipede makes me feel safer - like, one less. William S. Burroughs
Not so on Man; him through their malice fall'n, Father of Mercy and Grace, thou didst not doom. So strictly, but much more to pity incline: No sooner did thy dear and only Son. Perceive thee purpos'd not to doom frail Man. So strictly, but much more to pity inclin'd, He to appease thy wrath, and end the strife. Of mercy and Justice in thy face discern'd, Regardless of the Bliss wherein hee sat. Second to thee, offer'd himself to die. For man's offence. O unexampl'd love, Love nowhere to be... John Milton
I couldn't trust you with it. To do something with it. I don't want anybody talking about me. To say where I was or what I said when I was there. I mean, you could talk about me maybe. But nobody could say that it was me. I could be anybody. I think in times like these the less said the better. If something had happened and we were survivors and we met on the road then we'd have something to talk about. But we're not. So we don't. Cormac McCarthy
Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City. Douglas Adams

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