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Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#associate #belief #conscious #continuance #existence

I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best. ↗

— Paul Oakenfold

#endeavor #friends #i #i wish #morris

The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#as far as #century #far #held #huxley

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#basically #been #bonds #debt #domestic

It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#deepen #economic #exchanges #personal #policy

Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#continue #contribute #contributions #country #creditor

Time, the devourer of all things. ↗

— Ovid

#devourer #things #time

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#amid #country #deterrence #difficult #geographically

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#build #challenge #determined #existed #goal

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#because #economic #highly #i #japan