“It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings.” WritingChristianReadingViewsImagineExerciseVery GoodOneselfVariousPoint Of ViewHistorianPaganGood Exercise Author:Ramsay MacMullen
“There is no dualism in the world of light. The conventions of relativity say that time slows down as one approaches the speed of light, but if one tries to imagine the point of view of a thing made of light, one must realize that what is never mentioned is that if one moves at the speed of light there is no time whatsoever... One exists in eternity, one has become eternal... One is then apart from the moving image; one exists in the completion of eternity.” IfsWorldTryingMadeLightMovingRealizingViewsImagineEternalApproachEternitySpeedPoint Of ViewConventionsSlow DownRelativityCompletionDualismSpeed Of Light Author:Terence McKenna
“Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means. I'd imagine that a lot of them criticized me-said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I've always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell.” KnowsMeanMadeSaidPlayWantedGuySoundViewsHellLearningImagineIntellectualHotInstrumentsJazzPoint Of ViewTechniqueImagine ThatLearning More Author:Benny Goodman
“I worshipped guys like Bill Maher, Jay Leno, and Jerry Seinfeld, and was doing my variation of that. But as a young person with no political point of view or life experience, it was as funny as you can imagine.” PersonsYoungPoliticalGuyViewsImagineBillsPoint Of ViewLife ExperienceVariationJerry Author:Judd Apatow