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    Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.

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What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in read more

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?

by Philip K. Dick Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

by Antonio Banderas Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive read more

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

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Bluntness is a virtue.

Bluntness is a virtue.

by Allison Ling Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything read more

The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. - Essays and Aphorisms.

by A. R. Orage Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are read more

All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.

by Peter M. Leschak Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he read more

If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.

by Edward Hoagland Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.

Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.

by Lewis Grizzard Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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