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“I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or love someone, or do a good thing. Those prayers validate existence and snatch it away from meaningless routine.”

Kind Values Prayer Existence Tree Sea Flower Good Things Edges Smell Routine Meaningless Love Someone

Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012

“The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.”

Values Good Things Hypocrite Being A Hypocrite

Author:Alan Alda

“COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.”

“Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things break down. When things go well, it's better to be stupid ... Stupidity is as much a value as intelligence.”

Wells Values Break Stupid Good Things Stupidity Wheels Desirable Breaking Down Fifth

Book:As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

Source: As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

“The whole, 'Is the internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.”

Done Whole Bigs Values Challenges Internet Good Things Bad Things Civics Public Good Big Challenges

Author:Clay Shirky