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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
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“Do you by chance have anything for snake venom?” a cool voice asked.”
― The Poisoner
― The Poisoner
“That's what people are like: they want talent, which is inherently peculiar, yet they absolutely don't want the peculiarities connected to it - perhaps necessarily bound up with it - which they refuse to understand or forgive.”
― Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
― Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
“History has never been a morality play about the inevitable victory of freedom and democracy. Instead, the world remains what it always was: an arena of struggle between idealism and power, good governance and corruption, the surge of freedom and the need to curb it in times of crisis and emergency.”
― Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
― Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
“Stress and anxiety influence our way of reducing the ambiguity of the world around us, as well as, therefore, our biases. Studies have shown that people with anxiety21 reduce the ambiguity of certain words in a more negative manner than others. If we ask someone with anxiety what the word “mug” means, they will have a tendency to answer it means to attack (as opposed to the more neutral synonym for “cup” or slang for “face”). This is what we call interpretation bias.”
― Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions
― Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions
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