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Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.
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I cannot choose to ignore this feeling, of life slowly bleeding out of me. I cannot ignore the fact that life only makes sense to me when I see a smile, or feel another hand in mine.
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The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them.
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From our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.
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I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.
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This is always the problem with building heroes. To keep them pure, we must build them stupid. The world is built on compromise and uncertainty, and such a place is too complex for heroes to flourish.
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Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.
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Bernard Beckett
Born:
1967
(age 57)
Bio:
Bernard Beckett is a New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults. His work includes novels and plays.
Known for:
Genesis (2006)
Malcolm and Juliet (2004)
Deep Fried (2005)
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