Market Contemplation Gifts

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At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

Zenemies.

"The overthinker"

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

'Being a nobody isn't so bad...You don't have to worry about becoming a has-been.'

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Sign on wall of spacious empty hall of museum: 'Air & Space Exhibit'

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"Professor Williams had at first been reluctant to join the Assistant Deans in their Think Great Thoughts aerobics. He later came to enjoy the activity."

Teaching evolution in the business schools.

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

US Dollar weakens.

'Thoreau had his Walden Pond, C.J. has his water cooler.'

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Soren Kierkegaard

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

"Behold my perfect window of existence, when I'm neither trying to wake up nor falling asleep."

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'