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Aleks Mavrič

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“knowledge without application is like a book that is never read' Christopher Crawford, Hemel Hempstead.”
― Christopher Crawford

tags: application, knowledge, laziness, lovelystuff, pointless

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“Time makes us pointless.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Engleby

tags: pointless, time

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“Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?
It doesn't.”
― Ramez Naam, Crux

tags: celebrity, money, normal, people, pointless, pointlessness, popular, popularity, power, purpose, society, special

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“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Will to Doubt

tags: 1932, humor, knowledge, pleasure, pointless, useless-knowledge

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“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.”
― Byron Katie, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

tags: attachment, suffering, thinking, thought, truth

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