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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy. ”
While they trace their history back to wars that helped to ethnically cleanse Native Americans and to their exploits in the Civil War fighting for the South, the modern-day Rangers were created to help rejuvenate a defeated and demoralized U.S. imperialism after the war in Vietnam. ”
Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved. ”
Replacing human vision is more than just a tool: we need to understand how that affects the brain. ”
At Oculus, we're now looking at eye specialists, people who really understand how the human eye works, and how that affects human emotion. ”
I tend to look for the good in bad people and the bad in good people, to make them human. 'Cause I don't think that people generally are that black and white. Maybe in movie-land they can be... but that isn't necessarily all there is. ”
The horror of a death without dignity has so much implications for the people who are left behind. ”
I'm a Yogi and a tea drinker, and having a gun is the last thing that one would expect of me as a human being. ”
Reality has always been too small for the human imagination. We're always trying to transcend. ”
Vince McMahon is not a human being. They don't make people like Vince. Vince is Vince. I can't even describe to you what it's like being in a room with Vince McMahon. He is above man. That's the best way I can put it. Like-minded people take over the world, so I've always had a great rapport with him. ”