... for a dwarf the whole point of having a pile of gold was, well, to have a pile of gold. (Soul Music)
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RICHARD: To weep is to make less the depth of grief:
Tears then for babes; blows and revenge for me.
— 3 Henry VI, II, i
"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
Anything can be real. Every imaginable thing is happening somewhere along the dimensional axis. These things happen a billion times over with exactly the same outcome and no one learns anything. Whatever a person can think, imagine, wish for, or believe has already come to pass. Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers.
A quotation from Bertrand Russell
The root of the trouble springs from too much emphasis upon competitive success as the main source of happiness. I do not deny that the feeling of success makes it easier to enjoy life. A painter, let us say, who has been obscure throughout his youth, is likely to become happier if his talent wins recognition. Nor do I deny that money, up to a certain point, is very capable of increasing happiness; beyond that point, I do not think it does so. What I do maintain is that success can only be one ingredient in happiness, and is too dearly purchased if all the other ingredients have been sacrificed to obtain it.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 3 “Competition” (1930)
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He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut
Fascism was a fairly popular political philosophy which made sacred whatever nation and race the philosopher happened to belong to.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Breakfast of Champions, ch. 17 (1973)
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CAPULET: How now, how now! Chopp'd logic? What is this?
— Romeo and Juliet, III, v
Property is impossible.
-- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
"The idea that the development of proof assistants will somehow lead to mathematicians being replaced by computers, that's a sheer nonsense [...]. Because mathematics is first and foremost a creative field. As far as non creative mathematics is concerned, then of course computers are replacing people who are doing computations [...]. I don't see how [mathematicians] can be in any sense replaced by computers [...]" – Vladimir Voevodsky (1966-2017)
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![Photographic portrait of Vladimir Voevodsky, and a quote : "The idea that the development of proof assistants will somehow lead to mathematicians being replaced by computers, that's a sheer nonsense [...]. Because mathematics is first and foremost a creative field. As far as non creative mathematics is concerned, then of course computers are replacing people who are doing computations [...]. I don't see how [mathematicians] can be in any sense replaced by computers, because computers can only serve ; they don't create human energy or social energy by themselves."](https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/114/625/933/161/493/027/original/94378c573e4d484e.png "Photographic portrait of Vladimir Voevodsky, and a quote : \"The idea that the development of proof assistants will somehow lead to mathematicians being replaced by computers, that's a sheer nonsense [...]. Because mathematics is first and foremost a creative field. As far as non creative mathematics is concerned, then of course computers are replacing people who are doing computations [...]. I don't see how [mathematicians] can be in any sense replaced by computers, because computers can only serve ; they don't create human energy or social energy by themselves.\"")
"Physician, heal thyself." Kirk "Is that all you gotta say? What about my performance?" Dr. McCoy "I'm not a drama critic." Kirk- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Stardate: 8130.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan premiered on this date in 1982. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote
Memory AlphaStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance." Admiral James T. Kirk faces his greatest challenge yet. Suffering through doubts about his place in the galaxy, he is thrust into action once more against his most bitter foe – Khan Noonien Singh, who has escaped his exile on Ceti Alpha V and now seeks revenge on Kirk. With a powerful new device in the wrong hands and a no-win scenario in play, the cost of victory for the starship Enterprise may prove too high. IN THE 23RD...
The philosophy of anarchism is included in the word "Liberty"; yet it is comprehensive enough to include all things else that are conducive to progress.
-- Lucy Parsons
"Un jour je trouverai les mots justes, et ils seront simples."
Moin! 
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Regenerierende Tagescreme hilft bei mir wirklich nicht mehr. Ich brauche jetzt irgendwas aus dem Baumarkt. 
Habt ihr Tipps für mich? 
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Orwellian.
The Trump administration might as well be proclaiming:
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
Actually, the GOP is already pushing that last one hard. Just look at the Trump cabinet.
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The Republican politicians approving these cuts to #USAID claim to be #Christians, but it seems they have never read the #Bible. They are going against the teachings of #Christ.
I no longer consider myself #Christian, but even I know that #Jesus taught that you should feed the hungry, heal the sick, be kind to the stranger, etc...
#WWJD?
According to Matthew 25:41-45, he'd tell these Republicans to go to hell.
Everyone complains about politicians. Everyone says they suck. But where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky; they don't pass through a membrane from a separate reality. They come from American homes, American families, American schools, American churches, and American businesses. And they're elected by American voters. This is what our system produces, folks. This is the best we can do.
-- George Carlin
"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre," Ford muttered to himself, "and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."