“The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.”
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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Player Piano
― Player Piano
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
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“Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”
― General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
― General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
“The things you own end up owning you.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
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