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«If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.»
«Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather»
«God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.»
Author: Neil Gaiman
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Children's author,
Comics writer,
Journalist,
Novelist,
Screenwriter)
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About:
God,
Universe
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Poker Player,
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«Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.»
«By getting up early in the morning one also gets more time at his disposal for work as compared to late-risers. Scholar and thinkers get up early in the morning and contemplate. »
Author: Rig Veda
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The Morning After,
The Thinker,
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«I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.»
Author: Stanley Kubrick
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Film Director,
Writer)
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Keywords:
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etc.,
etc,
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Explosions,
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the Big,
The Explosion
«It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.»
«'What is the robbing of a bank compared to the FOUNDING of a bank?'»
«He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant»
«Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.»