Our Time Quotes - Page 30

• The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of theology.

  John Burroughs

  Time, Garden, Atmosphere

  John Burroughs (1904). “The writings of John Burroughs”

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• It is a paradox that in our time of drastic rapid change, when the future is in our midst devouring the present before our eyes, we have never been less certain about what is ahead of us.

  Eric Hoffer

  Change, Time, Future

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• But the point is, now, at this moment, or any moment, we're only cross-sections of our real selves. What we really are is the whole stretch of ourselves, all our time, and when we come to the end of this life, all those selves, all our time, will be us - the real you, the real me. And then perhaps we'll find ourselves in another time, which is only another kind of dream.

  J. B. Priestley

  Dream, Real, Self

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• The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected and integrated – with his body and, through his body, with his environment. He has a sense of well-being and inner peace. He gains the knowledge that the life of the body resides in its involuntary aspect. […] Unfortunately these beautiful feelings do not always hold up under the stress of daily living in our modern culture. The pace, the pressure and the philosophy of our times are antithetical to life.

  Alexander Lowen

  Beautiful, Philosophy, Stress

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• If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again.

  Greg Egan

  Fall, Gazing, Faces

  Greg Egan (2010). “Zendegi”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope.

  Thomas Head Raddall

  Life, Hope, Giving

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• Poverty is a scandal of our times because it CAN be changed.

  Catherine Marshall

  Scandal, Poverty, Changed

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• Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Wmd, Nuclear, Danger

  "New world disorder" by Timothy Garton Ash, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to others. There is plenty for everybody in science, and more than can be consumed in our time. One may get a fair name by suppressing references, but the Jewish maxim is true, 'He who seeks a name loses fame.'

  Edward Forbes

  Science, Self, Names

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• The organism is thus being preconditioned for the spontaneous acceptance of what is offered. Inasmuch as the greater liberty involves a contraction rather than extension and development of instinctual needs, it works for rather than against the status quo of general repression - one might speak of "institutionalized desublimation". The latter appears to be a vital factor in the making of the authoritarian personality of our time.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Acceptance, Personality, Liberty

  Herbert Marcuse (2012). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.74, Beacon Press

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• When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?

  Henry Flynt

  New York, Insecure, Artist

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• Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Country, Commitment, Justice For All

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• I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

  Rami Malek

  Thinking, Bills, Privilege

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.

  Emeli Sande

  People, Albums, Faces

  "Exclusive: Uk Singer Emeli Sande on Her American Debut, 'our Version of Events'". Interview with Yolanda Sangweni, www.essence.com. June 20, 2012.

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• I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

  George Saunders

  Nice, Thinking, Desire

  "Conversation: George Saunders, Author of ‘Tenth of December’". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. January 18, 2013.

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• To think that this is the only universe, that the physical creation is all there is, these are the dogmas of our times.

  Frederick Lenz

  Science, Buddhism, Thinking

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• Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Fun, People, Together

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• As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.

  Chris Ware

  Children, Past, Thinking

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• I think one of the finest gifts I can give my friends in the holiday season is to pause with a long enough quality to actually SEE them. My calm, unhurried presence communicates this gift of a message, "I see you. I recognize you. I remember our times of together and am contributing right now to another quality memory. I value you and honor and take the time, right this moment to pause long enough to truly notice you."

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Christmas, Memories, Holiday

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• It's very dangerous to invent something in our times; ostentatious men of the other world, who are hostile to innovations, roam about angrily. To live in peace, one has to stay away from innovations and new ideas. Innovations, like trees, attract the most destructive lightnings to themselves.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Science, Men, Other Worlds

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• CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and we hope things work out.

  Leslie Moonves

  Home, Work Out, Proud

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• Any page by Paul Goodman will give you not only originality and brilliance but wisdom, that is, something to think about. He is our peculiar, urban, twentieth-century Thoreau, the quintessential American mind of our time.

  Hayden Carruth

  Thinking, Giving, Mind

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• Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back- government has no place in the middle.

  Mark Kirk

  Sex, Couple, Love You

  "Mark Kirk endorses gay marriage" by Breanna Edwards, www.politico.com. April 2, 2013.

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• I testify that one cannot come to full faith in this latter-day work—and thereby find the fullest measure of peace and comfort in these, our times—until he or she embraces the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it testifies.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Jesus, Book, Comfort

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• Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. And no wonder: a major thinker of our time is talking to you about math and so much more, like you've never heard before.

  Edward Frenkel

  Math, Doors, Talking

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