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“The new theory, of course, always subsumes more effects than the old. But the remarkable thing is that when it is discovered, it also wholly changes our conception of how the world works.”
― The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
― The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
“I know what the great cure is: to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, so that our little hearts may beat in unison with the great heart of the world.”
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“Notice we said 'It sounds like . . .' and not 'I'm hearing that . . .' That's because the word 'I' gets people's guard up. When you say 'I,' it says you're more interested in yourself than the other person, and it makes you take personal responsibility for the words that follow—and the offense they might cause.”
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
“Fury is something you need, and if someone tells you otherwise, try screaming at them. They’ll often go quiet and start to cry. That’s when you know you’ve won.”
― Ayoade on Top
― Ayoade on Top
“We treat ourselves both as objects of language and as speakers of language, both as objects of the symbolism and as symbols in it. And all the difficult paradoxes which go right back to Greek times and reappear in modern mathematics depend essentially on this.”
― The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
― The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
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