“Just once I’d like to be rewarded for my optimistic view of humanity.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 1 (p. 18)
"‘Gemini Man’ Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Why Technology Won’t Make Actors Obsolete" in Wrap Pro (9 October 2019) https://www.thewrap.com/gemini-man-star-mary-elizabeth-winstead-on-why-technology-wont-make-actors-obsolete-video/
“Just once I’d like to be rewarded for my optimistic view of humanity.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 1 (p. 18)
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Epilogue, p. 242
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)
Randolph Bourne (1886–1918) American writer
Page 438 https://books.google.com/books?id=-F8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA438. Quote republished in " Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty http://alexpeak.com/twr/lar/1/1/2/," Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965), p. <span class="plainlinks"> 22 http://alexpeak.com/twr/lar/1/1/2/#p22</span>. <br class="br">"Youth" (1912), II
Liu Cixin (1963) Chinese science fiction writer
On his hopes for mankind in “In the Author’s Universe: Interview with Sci-Fi Author Cixin Liu” https://vocal.media/futurism/in-the-authors-universe-interview-with-sci-fi-author-cixin-liu in Vocal (2016)
Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist
Source: Why Stock Markets Crash - Critical Events in Complex Systems (2003), Chapter 10, 2050: The End Of The Growth Era?, p. 390.
“We're all undesirable elements from somebody's point of view.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Abbey's Road (1979)
Robert Todd Carroll book The Skeptic's Dictionary
"Large group awareness training program" http://skepdic.com/lgsap.html, The Skeptic's Dictionary