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Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures?


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It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.



If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.



After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.



What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?

What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?



To go faster you must slow down.

To go faster you must slow down.



There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.



If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.

If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.



What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.



How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?

How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?



Let's all be different same as me.

Let's all be different same as me.





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Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style.

Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style.



Trust your instinct in areas you have some background because your instinct is informed and not blind. - L. R. W. Lee

Trust your instinct in areas you have some background because your instinct is informed and not blind. - L. R. W. Lee



You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!

You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!



The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world

The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world



I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.

I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.



I cannot function if there is a physical mess around me. If everything is falling apart, I go on a cleaning frenzy.

I cannot function if there is a physical mess around me. If everything is falling apart, I go on a cleaning frenzy.



The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.



In a simple and a peaceful cottage with a beautiful view, you will not be dreaming about the palaces or the heaven, because you already have a perfect thing!

In a simple and a peaceful cottage with a beautiful view, you will not be dreaming about the palaces or the heaven, because you already have a perfect thing!




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