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Even in our deep ocean, there are ecosystems at work with no light whatsoever down in the deepest portions of the oceanic abyss.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Abyss Deep Deepest Down Ecosystems Even Light Ocean Our Portions Whatsoever Work

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The world may end up under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss.

~Andrei A. Gromyko

Topics: Abyss End May Over Sword Tightrope Up World

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When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.

~Andrew Cohen

Topics: Abyss Awareness Becomes Begin Being Disappears Gender Go Human Human Being Looking Lose Notion Only Place Really Remain Self Simply Still Whatsoever Where World

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We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It was the strangest thing. Her passing away ripped the solidity out of the world.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Abyss Away Die Feet Her Like Mothers Never Nothing Opened Our Out Passing Ripped Standing Strangest Suddenly Thing Think Will World

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The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Absolute Abyss Bottom Everything Failure Harshness Human Learnt Life Love Reached Rock Saw Time World Worst Wrong

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Every so often, we all gaze into the abyss. It's a depressing fact of life that eventually the clock expires; eventually the sand in the hourglass runs out. It's the leaving behind of everything that matters to us that hurts the most.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Abyss Behind Clock Depressing Eventually Every Everything Fact Gaze Hourglass Hurts Leaving Life Matters Most Often Out Runs Sand Us

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The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.

~Brion James

Topics: Abyss Become Character Developing Did Fun Guy He Interesting Know Me Part Process Whatever Why You

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In 1980, aided by $1.5 billion in loan guarantees from the U.S. government and his own pitchman routines on television, Lee Iacocca brought Chrysler back from the abyss.

~Carol Loomis

Topics: Abyss Back Billion Brought Chrysler Government Guarantees His Lee Loan Own Routines Television U.s. Government

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We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Abyss Being Close Edge Lost

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We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.

~Ed Balls

Topics: Abyss Bold Come Credible Edge Forward More Now Political Step Step Forward Time Tougher View You

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