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Urd Quotes

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense Picture Quote #1

Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one’s own cherished beliefs Picture Quote #1

An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn’t have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people Picture Quote #1

Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble Picture Quote #1

Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss Picture Quote #1

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them Picture Quote #1

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I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it Picture Quote #1

I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously Picture Quote #1

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point Picture Quote #1

For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics Picture Quote #1

While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive Picture Quote #1

My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd Picture Quote #1

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When you’re playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it’s one that you have to let go of ultimately Picture Quote #1

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable Picture Quote #1

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part Picture Quote #1

Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden Picture Quote #1

You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes Picture Quote #1

The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible Picture Quote #1

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Being a detective isn’t all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant... The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives Picture Quote #1

There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day Picture Quote #1

Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled Picture Quote #1

18th century scientists, the French in particular, seldom did things simply if an absurdly demanding alternative was available Picture Quote #1

The absurd hero’s refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion Picture Quote #1

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It’s almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to Picture Quote #1

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Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesn’t agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence? Picture Quote #1

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there Picture Quote #1

To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims Picture Quote #1

My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred Picture Quote #1

He was still too young to know that the heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past Picture Quote #1

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a God would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey Picture Quote #1

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Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense (Urd Quotes) Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one’s own cherished beliefs (Urd Quotes) An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn’t have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people (Urd Quotes) Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble (Urd Quotes) Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss (Urd Quotes) There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them (Urd Quotes) I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it (Urd Quotes) I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously (Urd Quotes) Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point (Urd Quotes) For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics (Urd Quotes) While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive (Urd Quotes) My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd (Urd Quotes) When you’re playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it’s one that you have to let go of ultimately (Urd Quotes) A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable (Urd Quotes) Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part (Urd Quotes) Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden (Urd Quotes) You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes (Urd Quotes) The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible (Urd Quotes) Being a detective isn’t all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant... The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives (Urd Quotes) There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day (Urd Quotes) Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled (Urd Quotes) 18th century scientists, the French in particular, seldom did things simply if an absurdly demanding alternative was available (Urd Quotes) The absurd hero’s refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion (Urd Quotes) We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It’s almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to (Urd Quotes) Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesn’t agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence? (Urd Quotes) Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there (Urd Quotes) To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims (Urd Quotes) My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred (Urd Quotes) He was still too young to know that the heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past (Urd Quotes) It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a God would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey (Urd Quotes)

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