#parallel

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#had #i #lives #painter #parallel

If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were equal. But on another world, it does come down tails. And when that happens, the two worlds split apart. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#parallel-universe #possibility #equality

Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #cost #duty #fearful #german

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#before #beg #century #closed #contemplate

I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less than what God wants in the Church. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#could #federation #feel #god #got

I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance. ↗

— Saul Williams

#excited #growing #i #interest #live

If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star; being in front of a live audience would be great. ↗

— Scott Wolf

#being #could #front #great #i

The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#because #far #far away #light #most

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet. ↗

— Barney Frank

#another #becomes #before #essential #i

My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity - in the sense that I'm willing to live as an adult in a house with walls that are parallel to each other, that sort of thing. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#dad #each #eccentricity #felt #grew