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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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inspirational
causality
serendipity
cause-and-effect
necessity
darwinism
chance
naturalism
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"Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. For 40 years, physicists and cosmologists have been quietly collecting examples of all too convenient "coincidences" and special features in the underlying laws of the universe that seem to be necessary in order for life, and hence conscious beings, to exist. Change any one of them and the consequences would be lethal. , the distinguished cosmologist, once said it was as if "a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics".
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science
fred-hoyle
serendipity
coincidence
fine-tuning
id
intelligent-design
theism
chance
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Paul Davies |
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When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.
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synchronicity
serendipity
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Haruki Murakami |
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You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tomorrow. Let the stars keep track of us. Let us ride our own orbits and trust that they will meet. May our reunion be not a finding but a sweet collision of destinies!
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fate
love
stargirl
serendipity
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Jerry Spinelli |
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Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.
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travel
serendipity
travel-writing
stories
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Paul Theroux |
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What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents?
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serendipity
luck
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Jeanette Winterson |
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We have all heard of these things before. The love letter arriving as the teacup falls. The guitar striking up as the last breath sounds out. I don't attribute it to God or to sentiment. Perhaps it's a chance. Or perhaps chance is just another way to try to convince ourselves that we are valuable.
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sentiment
serendipity
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