Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lovely message for a lovely person, from lovely friend, for a lovely reason, at a lovely time, from a lovely mind, in a lovely mood, in a lovely style, to wish you; have a lovely birthday...
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature. ~Zeno of Citium
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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