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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“individual thought is mostly the result of collective thought and of interaction with other people. The language is entirely collective, and most of the thoughts in it are. Everybody does his own thing to those thoughts – he makes a contribution. But very few change them very much.”
― On Dialogue
― On Dialogue
“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.”
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“do it or don't do it but get on with it...”
― Beginnings of Learning
― Beginnings of Learning
“If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out the way he wants? Why's he constantly repairing and complaining? No, there's one thing the Bible makes clear: The biblical God is a sloppy manufacturer. He's not good at design, he's not good at execution. He'd be out of business, if there was any competition.”
― Contact
― Contact
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