“If it turns out that physical death truly results in the absolute cessation of consciousness, then it would seem to me that in the grand truth of things, every human who has ever lived, who has not committed every minute of their lives toward an effort in finding a cure for mortality, has died as an utter and miserable failure.” IfsLifeHumansSeemsTurnsResultsEffortConsciousnessMinutesFindingsDiedAbsolutesCommittedCuresMiserableMortality Author:Derek R. Audette
“Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing this, the United States are going to absolute ruin.” PeopleWorldTryingStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesSourceFindingsAbsolutesRuinsAlternativesRegionsEnergy SourcesAlternative Energy Author:Gore Vidal
“Across all Cinderella versions it was clear that the 21st century was not very much in evidence, particularly in the character of Cinderella so it seemed, it felt actually as though it hadn't been done for quite some time, not with the kind of lushness that we could do it with, with an absolute removal of the passivity of Cinderella and finding an amusing way, a lighthearted but significant way of making her proactive and not a girl who's life is about waiting for a bloke.” WayKindDoneCharacterLife IsGirlFeltWaitingClearCenturyFindingsEvidenceAbsolutesSignificantVersions21st CenturyAmusingRemovalProactivePassivityBlokes Author:Kenneth Branagh
“I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.” FightingJourneyVictoryFindingsAbsolutesTriumphEpicAdoreProtagonists Author:Megan Chance
“That whole Deep End experience of finding yourself with the dead body: you know you didn't kill it, but you know if you're found with it, you're gonna be done for it, so you have to get rid of it. And that's a really important nub of Young Adam Joe knows for absolute certain that if someone comes around the corner, that's it. Nobody's ever going to believe what happened. So that has nothing to do with identity or sexuality, but that is a link. I'm just fascinated by it.” IfsKnowsBelieveImportantEndsDoneWholeBodyYoungCertainFoundHappenedIdentityFindingsAbsolutesCornersSexualityFinding YourselfLinksFascinatedAdamAround The Corner Author:Tilda Swinton
“There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only in finding the relevant percentages, not on some absolute value. That's one of the reasons behavioral scientists have to be really good statisticians.” HumansReasonLyingValuesEffortBehaviorFindingsResearchScientistAbsolutesRelevantNurtureComponentsHuman ExperiencePercentagesStatistician Author:John Medina
“Theoretically there is no absolute proof that one's awakening in the morning (the finding oneself again in the saddle of one's personality) is not really a quite unprecedented event, a perfectly original birth.” MorningEventsPersonalityBirthFindingsAbsolutesOriginalsOneselfAwakeningProofUnprecedentedSaddlesFinding Oneself Book:Bend Sinister Source: Bend Sinister
“Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form for your story is simply to realize the most natural way of telling the story. The test of whether or not a writer has defined the natural shape of his story is just this: After reading it, can you imagine it differently, or does it silence your imagination and seem to you absolute and final? As an orange is final. As an orange is something nature has made just right.” WayDoeMadeTwoStoriesProblemSeemsFormReadingRealizingImaginationNaturalSilenceFourImagineShapesFindingsTestsBasesAbsolutesFinalsDefinedOrange Author:Truman Capote