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If you ever find yourself coming out of a time machine, run. Run away as fast you can. Don't stop. Don't try to talk. Nothing good can come out of it." narrator Charles Yu, not author Charles Yu p19 ↗

— Charles Yu

#minor-universe- #science

I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle. ↗

— E.O. Wilson

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As for peace, it was never free and laws were made to be broken. Peacemaker or lawbreaker, someone, somewhere always paid the price no matter what side of the words they were on. ↗

— Virginia McKevitt

#adventure-stories #fantasy #fiction #mystery #paranormal-romance

Suppose whatever we can recognize we can find. We can if P=NP. ↗

— Lance Fortnow

#science-fiction #science

CURIOSITY DEMANDS THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS AS PERHAPS RESULTING FROM THE ACTION OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ELEMENTAL THINGS AND FORCES ACTING IN AN INFINITE VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#particles #physics #science #science

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive. ↗

— Adolfo Bioy Casares

#science #the-body #science

For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up into the distance, like the introduction to some epic science-fiction film, then shining brightly on that list would be the fact that we exist in a financial universe that is subject to massive gravitational pulls from states. States tug at us. States bend us. And, tirelessly, states seek to determine our orbits. ↗

— Mohsin Hamid

#government #state #states #science

People from context cultures tend to view personal bonds and informal agreements as far more binding than any formal contract. People from content cultures don't believe the deal is finalized until everyone has signed on the dotted line. And therein lies the potential for conflict. ↗

— Carol Kinsey Goman

#promises #words #science

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#science #spirituality #science

In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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