E. L. Doctorow Quotes

If we ever find out how the brain works, with all its complexity, then we will be able to build a machine that has consciousness. And if that happens, that is a road to planetary disaster because everything we've thought about ourselves, since the Bronze Age, the Bible, all of that will be gone.

E. L. Doctorow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015

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I've been on the road since 1967.

Jimmie Walker

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I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

John Baldessari

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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

John Dalberg-Acton

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Every mother wishes the best for her children.

Andrea Navedo

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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Robert Frost

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If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

Tom Brokaw

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It's a very empowering kind of music, heavy metal is.

Rob Halford

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There is no clear place to draw the line once you eliminate the traditional marriage, and it's the same once you start putting limits on what guns can be used, then it's just really easy to have laws that make them all illegal.

Louie Gohmert

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I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

Jasmine Guy

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There used to be a tradition within the Hispanic community that, regardless of your political party, you would support undocumented immigrants. That ended with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

Jorge Ramos

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To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place.

Debi Mazar

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The guys who don't make it through SEAL training are the Rambo wannabes. If you cannot work in a team format but also function autonomously, you won't last for very long.

Brandon Webb

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