Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick

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Topic

Nature of reality

Speaker

Philip K. Dick

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Dick, Phillip. "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later." 1978, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, USA. Speech.

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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Immortality Death
Speaker
Woody Allen
Source
On Being Funny: Woody Allen and His Comedy
Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Allen, Woody. Quoted in On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy, written by Eric Lax. Charterhouse, 1975.

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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Tractatus Politicus

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Topic
Peace

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Tractatus Politicus
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Definition
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
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Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus Politicus [Political Treatise]. 1677, ch. 5, sect. 4.