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“In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.”
― David Brin, Existence

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“It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

tags: fun, imagination, travel

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“Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“What would it be like to think what a gerbil thinks, from a gerbil's point of view? Kind of like Thomas Nigel's 1974 paper, 'What Is It Like to Be a Bat?' There's a subjective character of experience that's never captured in reductive accounts. Know what I mean?'
'Um . . . Sure.”
― Steven James, The King

tags: humor, psychology, science

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“Political marketing...plays to people's emotions, not their thoughts. It operates on the belief that repeating a catchy phrase, even if it's untrue, will seal an idea in the mind of the unknowing or uncaring public. It assumes that citizens will always choose on the basis of their individual wants and not society's needs. It divides the country into "niche" markets and abandons the hard political work of knitting together broad consensus or national vision”
― Susan Delacourt, Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them

tags: canada, politics

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