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God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs. (Michael Crichton)
In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas. View quote
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No one escapes from life alive. View quote
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Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else. View quote
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All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself. View quote
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We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. View quote
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Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me! View quote
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Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk. View quote
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Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties. View quote
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Sometimes women scare the hell out of me. View quote
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Power is neither male or female. (Michael Crichton)
They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. I hope it's not. We might get lucky. View quote
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Geniuses never pay attention. View quote
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Friendships are nice. So is competence. View quote
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Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet. View quote
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Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world. View quote
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A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time. View quote
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Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved. View quote
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The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark. View quote
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Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working. View quote
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All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem. (Michael Crichton)
False fears are a plague, a modern plague! View quote
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It is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific period. View quote
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Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants. View quote
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Egypt imbued the view with a heavy sense of mystery and foreboding. View quote
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