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Norman Ralph Augustine Quotes

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Norman Ralph Augustine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 27, 1935

Topics

Water Earth Surface Other Third

If intelligent robots are our competitors and, to some extent, cerebrally alike - enough for us to discuss their ethical standing - why would they be above the law? Should they not contribute to our societies, too? And why would they be exempt from taxes?

Jens Martin Skibsted

Law Enough Robots Why Intelligent

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

Good Best World Action Doing Bad

Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself.

Children Yourself Better You Open

I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it.

Childhood Liked Tortured

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

Steve Prefontaine

Attitude Power Alone Best Hate Me

As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

Culture Happy Be Happy Think Need

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

Poetry Clouds Me Feel Something

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

Soldier Everything Starts Finishes

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

Mike Rutherford

Good Balance Collaboration Compromise

You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak.

You Distance Gravity Will Weak Away

Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free.

Heart Government People Free Means

I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive.

Through Popularity Found Quite

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