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The fact that the world is utterly insane makes it tolerable.


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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.



I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.



People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They like it to have that imprimatur of respectability, of genuineness.

People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They like it to have that imprimatur of respectability, of genuineness.



They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.

They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.



I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.

I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.



The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.



My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.

My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.



Everything is a reenactment. We are reenacting the world in the mind. The world is not inside there. It does not reside in the gray matter of the brain.

Everything is a reenactment. We are reenacting the world in the mind. The world is not inside there. It does not reside in the gray matter of the brain.



What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that the photograph has been manipulated, but that we have been manipulated by the photograph.

What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that the photograph has been manipulated, but that we have been manipulated by the photograph.



I think calling someone a character is a compliment.

I think calling someone a character is a compliment.





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What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost.



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I think all sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.



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Nobody is in a position to decree what should make a fellow man happier.



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Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.

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