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“As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.”
“As a civilization progresses, it goes through wars, pandemics, catastrophes. those that survive grow more astute, more perceptive, more advanced. Diseases are conquered, infirmity eliminated. Life spans increase. Suffering becomes largely a memory.
"Meanwhile, their explorers and historians find evidence of past cultures, and cultures before that. At first it is exciting. But all they keep finding are ruins. And slowly, either through science or history, every advanced civilizations becomes aware of a disturbing possibility -- that their futures may end in ruin too.
"The civilization then rushes to probe other stars, even other galaxies; it increases its research, attempting to manipulate space, time, in the hope that somewhere, someone might have found an escape, a loophole.
"But eventually, the find, and solve, the mathematical equation that explains the entire universe."
"I think our scientists are working on something like that too," Shizuka said.
Lan shook her head. "They'll need to find the Grand Unified Theory a few more times before they can even begin to understand what 'everything' is -- sorry, I didn't mean to offend your civilization."
Shizuka shrugged. "No offense taken."
"Still, should your civilization survive, it will eventually find the same equation. And that will be your death sentence. For in that equation, there will be no forever, no eternity. Nothing.
"And this collapse, and all its attendant despair, is the Endplague."
Shizuka was puzzled.
Space aliens, she could understand. Purple skin? Cute. Two elbows? Weird, but fine. Galactic warfare? Frankly, expected. Being a refugee? Of course.
But how could the mere concept of mortality be enough to topple advanced civilizations? People live, people die, and so what?”
Source: Light from Uncommon Stars
“As a clairvoyant, who daily perceives ‘visual’ psychic perceptions (since childhood), I can assure you with absolute certainty that I most definitely do not ‘see things on a blank screen in my head.’ In fact, the idea reminds me of one of my favorite psychic cartoons of a fortune-teller watching Netflix in her crystal ball!”
Source: The Sensible Psychic: A Leading-Edge Guide To True Psychic Perception
“As a class poets are not without cultural status. Like priests in a town of agnostics, they still command a certain residual prestige. But as individual artists they are almost invisible.”
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
“As a class, Jews give three times as much money to charity as anybody else, but they feel guilty about their wealth anyway. They simply can't accept the idea of ever being Republicans.”
“As a climate change scientist, there is a reason why I live on an island in the tropics.”
“As a clinician, I unapologetically believe that we must no longer identify our patients/clients with the addiction. While they may struggle with an addiction, the addiction itself is no different than any other form of medical ailment and disease.”
“As a clown, you're letting go of all of your bullshit.”
“As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.”
“As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the result.”
“As a coach, several foundations are essential. One of the biggest is learning how to ask thoughtful questions. Questions help clients get unstuck, explore their options, figure out what they can control, and take meaningful action.”
Source: Thoughtfully Fit: Your Training Plan for Life and Business Success
“As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.”
“As a coach you need to constantly sell in order to help because selling removes barriers and objections adds barriers.”
“As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership.”
“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.”
“As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.”
“As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.”
“As a collective exhale hit the airwaves, Qhuinn found himself looking over at Blay. Aw, hell, talk about a suck zone—this was why he avoided the guy like the plague. Just one glance and he was locked on, all kinds of reactions rolling through him, until the room spun a little—
For no good reason, Blay’s eyes flipped up and met his.
It was like getting goosed in the ass with a live wire, his body spasming to the point where he had to hide the reaction by coughing while he glanced away.
About as smooth as a crater. Yup. Fantastic.”
Source: Lover Reborn
“As a collector, you will discover that surrounding yourself with art can enrich not only your visual experiences, but instill a sense of vitality to your life and uplift your soul.”
“As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.”
“As a collegiate, I think you spend 50 percent of your time recruiting. It is a distasteful process.”
“As a colored woman I might enter Washington any night, stranger in a strange land, and walk miles without finding a place to lay my head”
“As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.”
“As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war.”
“As a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do.”
“As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be a little difficult for them because its part of their mystique, it gives them an easier time to change characters and people aren't going oh we have a gay actor, their gay so I don't know if I'm gunna buy this guy with this girl, its weird, I don't think it's fair; it's only done with us, it seems, like they just accept everyone as straight and go along with it and then its oh their gay and make a big deal out of it.”
“As a comedian, the more you commit the sin of stupidity, three essential things happen to your life:
~people applaud you incessantly.
~love you more than their parents.
~give you a daily bread.”
“As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.”
“As a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal - in all of those areas, I am looking forward to the end of the Bush administration with every fiber of my being.”
“As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a sprint, it gets a little easier.”
“As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that I'm away from my family 46 weeks out of the year. I miss all the birthdays and anniversaries and holidays.”
“As a comedian, I can walk out in front of 5000 people and not worry about a thing. Not a thing, believe me. But to stand up a face a camera and crew of maybe 15 guys and get up tight about it - to me that's weird.”
“As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.”
“As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.”
“As a comedian, I'm like one of those on-the-scene reporters. I will actually go and try to find disasters so I can write jokes as the disasters unfold.”
“As a comedian, you have to start the show strong and you have to end the show strong. Those are the two key elements. You can't be like pancakes. You're all happy at first, but then by the end, you're sick of 'em.”
“As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.”
“As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.”
“As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.”
“As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.”
“As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.”
“As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.”
“As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.”
“As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.”
“As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.”
“As a comic, you learn to use your voice because you don't have the benefit of visual things.”
“As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.”
“As a commander-in-chief what you do and what you say has real consequences.”
“As a committed Christian, I have always struggled with locked doors—doors by which we on the inside lock out "the others"—Jews, Muslims, Mormons, liberals, doubters, agnostics, gay folks, whomever. The more we insiders succeed in shutting others out, the more I tend to feel locked in, caged, trapped.”
Source: Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World
“As a community college professor for over twenty years, I've seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.”