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• For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars consume themselves, the universe itself rushes apart, and we ourselves are composed of matter in constant flux. Colonies of cells in temporary alliance, replicating and decaying and housed within, an incandescent cloud of electrical impulse and precariously stacked carbon code memory. This is reality, this is self knowledge, and the perception of it will, of course, make you dizzy.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Stars, Memories, Reality

  "Altered Carbon". Book by Richard Morgan, 2002.

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• Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so many grievances in the world.

  Miguel Syjuco

  Exercise, Should Have, Decision

  Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

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• This is how women self-sabotage and self-destruct. Unless we have constant witnesses to our hard work, we are convinced we pull off every day of our lives through smoke and mirrors. (27)

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Hard Work, Mirrors, Self

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• However, the serious seeker of detachment will have to embrace the Holy Trinity of Ss - Solitude, Stillness and Silence - and reject the new religion of Commotionism, which believes that the meaning of life is constant company, movement and noise.

  Michael Foley

  Believe, Silence, Solitude

  Michael Foley (2010). “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation and communication between musicians on an extremely high level with extremely valuable material, motifs, and melodies.

  Miroslav Vitous

  Communication, Musician, Roles

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• To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction.

  Theodore Zeldin

  Ambition, Thinking, Wish

  Theodore Zeldin (2012). “An Intimate History Of Humanity”, p.155, Random House

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• Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined by the objects of our regret.

  Stephen Tobolowsky

  Regret, Character, Defining

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• It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance ; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt.

  Chris Hedges

  Lying, Self, Deception

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• Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.

  Bob Goff

  Mean, Following Christ, Interruptions

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• What to do when adversity strikes? There is only one thing to do. Stand steady and see it through. Stay steadfast, constant, and true. The real tragedy in the whirlwinds of life comes only when we allow them to blow us off our true course.

  David S. Baxter

  Real, Adversity, Blow

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• Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiration, Fighting, Groups

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• The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

  Laozi

  Humility, Compassion, Views

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• I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability — the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Waiting, Care, Existence

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• The great and constant need of those who investigate homicide and practice forensic pathology or criminal law is a warm humanism.

  Ramsey Clark

  Law, Practice, Criminals

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• One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem,above all other sciences,is
  that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable,while those of all
  other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being
  overthrown by newly discovered facts.

  Albert Einstein

  Law, Special, Facts

  Albert Einstein, Stephen W. Hawking (2007). “A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein”, p.249, Running Press

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• I do not think it is logical to try and outsmart the smartest people. Instead, my weapons are irony and paradox. The joy of life is partly in the strange and unexpected. It is in the constant exclamation 'Who would have thought it?'

  Hugh Jackman

  Thinking, People, Joy

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• Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.

  Byron Katie

  Opportunity, Wake Up, Life Is

  Twitter post from Mar 01, 2013

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• It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us - and the key here is constant familiarity. The nature of human thoughts and emotions is such that the more you engage in them, the more you consciously develop them, the more powerful they become.

  Dalai Lama

  Powerful, Compassion, Keys

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• Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides.

  Oswald Chambers

  Rooms, States, Expectancy

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.11, Discovery House

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• How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Intellectual, Important

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.66, Yale University Press

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• The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Self, Deception, Desire

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “The first and last freedom”, p.234, Rajpal & Sons

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• A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Determination, Kindness, Compassion

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• The dreamer is the whole dream. For us, dreaming and imagination are coupled with action to treat our lives, our business and our relationships as a constant unfolding.

  Tim Girvin

  Dream, Imagination, Design

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• Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause.

  Rick Warren

  Stress, Roots, Overcoming Adversity

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.164, Zondervan

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• There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and, even, with the European tradition.

  Umberto Eco

  Philosophy, Past, Self

  Umberto Eco (1986). “Faith in Fakes: Essays”, Harvill Secker

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