There are in me the seeds from which, if necessary, the universe could be constructed. In me somewhere there is a matrix for mankind and a holograph for the whole world. Nothing is more important in my life than trying to discover these secrets.
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Related I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM From a very young age, I suspected there was more to my world than I could see: somewhere in the str... ORHAN PAMUK Don't let any one show you the ropes to the world because usually it will be in the shape of a noose... ANDONI GARCIA But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me tha... CHARLOTTE BRONTë The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose. BEN OAK What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere. CHAKA KHAN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in sc... L. RON HUBBARD In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created "me". BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. To be totally honest, if I could be thinner without it causing a lot of pain and anxiety in my life,... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH One is necessary, one is a piece of fate, one belongs to the whole, one is the whole – there exist... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL Your universe is not out there. You create it every moment and every day with your thoughts, ideas, ... DEBASISH MRIDHA For my part, I would say that the male sperm and seeds of plants have been penetrated so far that th... ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK I did all I could, but there was nothing more in there for me. I had light cramps in my arm. Of cour... TOBIAS ANGERER His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is nothing more important in this world than this. Nothing. ASHLEY JUDD Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... The things i know now, i never knew then. I wish i knew. SOTONYE ANGA There is nothing more important in life than love. BARBRA STREISAND These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON There is BEAUTY in every1, every-thing, every-place.All of life is either LOVE or a call for love. U... ANGIE KARAN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ... GERMANY KENT I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... THOMAS S. MONSON In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is h... LAO-TZU In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is h... LAO TZU You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttp... BOB MOAWAD There is nothing better for me than to bring the bells in, in Scotland. SHARLEEN SPITERI If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential tru... JOSEPH MCCABE I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the... BEN BARNES For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie. WILL SMITH I could have done even better, miss, and I'd know a lot more, if it wasn't for my destiny ever since... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY There are no more surprises and shocks in life, so that I watch the flame without agitation. For me ... R.K. NARAYAN Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more pos... AUSTIN GROSSMAN Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape. JANET TURPIN MYERS Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choi... AULIQ ICE It is so fascinating that when after a hard stressful day we calm our mind and release the stress fr... GARY F EVANS... In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... If one day a film is made about me and my life story, How will anyone know the REAL me? I have so ma... RACHEL-ERIKA HENDERSON Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. ANNE WILSON SCHAEF Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe. LAURA ESQUIVEL Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI There is, in my view, nothing more important than saving a child's life, and we need to strengthen o... DR PETER SALAMA It was a dream, not a nightmare, a beautiful dream I could never imagine in a thousand nods. There w... JIM CARROLL For everything we do, we are planting seeds SOTONYE ANGA He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is ... EZRA CORNELL There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me . .... BING CROSBY A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to P... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory... EDDIE RICKENBACKER There is nothing more real than this, nothing more terrible. Be we as heroic as we like, that is the... BLAISE PASCAL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to... DANIEL J. BOORSTIN There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhe... MARK TWAIN There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewh... MARK TWAIN There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhe... MARK TWAIN Barbara and I have been active in the art world for many years, and we believe it is important to su... DON BRYANT We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a ... PRINCESS DIANA There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. FRANK ZAPPA There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has
a longer shelf life. OSCAR WILDE (OSCAR FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILDE) One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be o... ROBERT C. BYRD Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothin... PHILIP K. DICK we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is ... PAUL DAVIES A love lust for war ends in death... PHILIP T. M. If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treas... ANDREAS CAPELLANUS There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escap... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is an opportunity to recreate the financial world as we know it in the parallel universe that ... PATRICK M. BYRNE Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ... IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment. LAUREN KATE Listen to me, Amin," I said slowly. "Listen to me very carefully. Nothing is the same. Nothing will ... BARBARA COHEN For me, life is a bowl of cherries. SISSY SPACEK Life is an unending adventure SOTONYE ANGA
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