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In My Own Words:
To appear wise, one must talk; To be wise, one must listen.
To appear caring, one must give advice; To be caring, one must live as a role model.
To appear to love, one must know how to give; To love, one must know also how to receive.
To appear happy, one must smile; To be happy, one must not fear crying.
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Having read a number of other books by this author I can positively state that this is one of his better endeavors. While a knowledge of physical science is helpful in the understanding of this text, it is far from necessary. Dr. Kaku has minimized the scientific jargon which, in turn, maximizes the book's accessibility for the lay reader. All aspects of the potentiality of life in future is explored from economics, to social structure to quantum physics, etc.... I, however, am not as optimistic as the author in man's abilities to reach the potential goals that the author clearly lays out. I feel that we remain too burdened with racism, fundamentalism and single-mindedness to… Read more
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While I do recognize that the author does have fluent writing skills and is able to fuse the reader to the described setting, the topics of this collection are, at best, macabre. Each of us, at some point in our lives, must deal with the eventuality of our own demise and mortality. The author, it seems, is going through that phase of his existence as is shown in this series of writings. All of his tales conclude with the death of its protagonist. While this is not necessarily a fault, the manner in which the author does it does deserve criticism. Seldom, if ever, does it fit into the natural flow of the story itself and, instead of reaching a valid conclusion, he merely has the main… Read more
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Having read numerous translations of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, I find this to be one of the most pleasant editions to peruse. It has none of the mind-numbing Old English gibberish nor any of the vanilla flavouring that the Living Bible seems to exude. While few of us are fluent in Greek and/or Hebrew and, being so, are unable to properly evaluate any Biblical translation as far as the accuracy of its translators from the original writings, this edition provides an opportunity for persons to read this ancient series of texts from cover to cover in an easily understandable manner. In retrospect, it matters little whether or not the text matches the exact meaning of the original… Read more
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