Inspirational Quotes

Dorian2

Dorian2

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"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones
Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born
The potential people who could have been here in my place
But who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara
Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton
We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA
So massively exceeds the set of actual people
In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here
We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds
How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state
From which the vast majority have never stirred?

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers
Having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one
And that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity
From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been
And are being, evolved"

- Tuomas Holopainen/Marco Hietala
Nightwish
 
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insomnia65

insomnia65

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Every possibility already exists. All knowledge, all discoveries, and all inventions of the future, are in the Universal Mind as possibilities, waiting for the human mind to draw them forth.
Every creation and invention in history has also been drawn from the Universal Mind, whether the person consciously knew that or not.
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Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
 
insomnia65

insomnia65

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Energy doesn't die, every possibility everything is already here, love doesn't die, life doesn't die, nothing is wasted, because everything has and will always be here

You've oil? 2021
 
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Dorian2

Dorian2

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Dorian2 said:
"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones
Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born
The potential people who could have been here in my place
But who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara
Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton
We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA
So massively exceeds the set of actual people
In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here
We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds
How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state
From which the vast majority have never stirred?

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers
Having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one
And that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity
From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been
And are being, evolved"

- Tuomas Holopainen/Marco Hietala
Nightwish
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To correct, this is actually a quote from Richard Dawkins that appears in the song "The Greatest Show on Earth" by Nightwish.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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“There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome's allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest—why, then it was the national honor that had been insulted. The fight was always invested with an aura of legality. Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors, always fighting for a breathing space. The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies, and it was manifestly Rome's duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs. They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people.”

-Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Imperialism and Social Classes: Two Essays by Joseph Schumpeter
 
Dr. Walter Bishop

Dr. Walter Bishop

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"I have a reputation to live up to. If my show does not make people vomit and have an erection at the same time then I've let my audience down"- Vince Masuka, Dexter (Season 3 Ep. 11)
 
Dr. Walter Bishop

Dr. Walter Bishop

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Yep... I just finished doing my tax returns..

"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."- Will Rogers
 
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