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Reality is the temporary resultant of continuous struggles between rival gangs of programmers.
Robert Anton Wilson
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Robert Anton Wilson
Age: 74 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 18
Died: 2007
Died: January 11
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I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.
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It's not true unless it makes you laugh, but you don't understand it until it makes you weep.
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Belief is the death of intelligence.
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The ultimate weapon isn't this plague out in Vegas, or any new super H-bomb. The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences.
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The future is up for grabs. It belongs to any and all who will take the risk and accept the responsibility of consciously creating the future they want.
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Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.
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The things that hinder me are opportunities to learn more and develop further.
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...reality is always plural and mutable.
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Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.
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The normal is that which nobody quite is. If you listen to seemingly dull people very closely, you'll see that they're all mad in different and interesting ways, and are merely struggling to hide it.
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