#vin

Kubrick's vision seemed to be that humans are doomed, whereas Clarke's is that humans are moving on to a better stage of evolution. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#clarke #doomed #evolution #humans #kubrick

It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#condemn #divine #generosity #god #himself

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings. ↗

— Joan Miro

#box #certain #cigarette #contains #human

Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#because #convinced #extermination #fighting #means

I was born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my goal in life was a fairly specific and focused one of practicing law in Maine. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#enjoyed #fairly #focused #goal #i

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#back #decision #enjoyed #federal #federal judge

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#go #haven #having #i #lyrics

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#bad #bad time #book #fiction #go

Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#anything #continue #doing #impractical #living