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“She seemed a compound of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine ...”
― Night and Day
― Night and Day
“See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places,”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
“As the Nazi emphasis on nonintellectual virtues (patriotism, loyalty, duty, purity, labor, simplicity, “blood,” “folk-ishness”) seeped through Germany, elevating the self-esteem of the “little man,” the academic profession was pushed from the very center to the very periphery of society. Germany was preparing to cut its own head off. By 1933 at least five of my ten friends (and I think six or seven) looked upon “intellectuals” as unreliable and, among these unreliables, upon the academics as the most insidiously situated. Tailor”
― They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45
― They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45
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