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The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For nothing is ever added to it or subtracted from it. It follows that the movement of atoms today is no different from what it was in bygone ages and always will be. So the things that have regularly come into being will continue to come into being in the same manner; they will be and grow and flourish so far as each is allowed by the laws of nature. ↗

— Titus Lucretius Carus

#lucretius #nature #philosophy #universe #age

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#mimicking #nature #poet

It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#comes #doing #down #flow #future

The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That's the question to be worried about. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#big #big question #change #interest #question

The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle of fame, and I want to make films that smell real and are truthful. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#action films #am #believable #cycle #fame

We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#liked #picture #rather #see #then

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#causing #complete #conflicting #during #effect

I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #impossible #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#facts #literature #science

In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem. ↗

— John Doolittle

#democrats #efforts #facts #faith #forth