When I wonder what the future of books will be I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed everyone had a horse. Then cars became available and their convenience compared to horses was undeniable.
I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited particular way.
We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist or if they have existed up until now that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.
America which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today hardly stops to enjoy it in her insatiable appetite for the future.
In 1998 Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.
But blind to former as to future fate what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions that they exist in the present which is what there is and all there is.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that in a future existence we shall look upon what we think our present existence as a dream.
What matters is to live in the present live now for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists for you created its pattern by your past.
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965 I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.
'Married with Children' was racy. It was sexist. It was a lot of things but mostly it was funny.
Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.
China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.
Creative freedom is an imperative for me but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.
No cause is left but the most ancient of all the one in fact that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have but rather it is a sacred duty and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
Back then I didn't think a woman like that or a relationship like that could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.
The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality which exists in all parts of the world unfortunately.
While the State exists there can be no freedom when there is freedom there will be no State.
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.