“..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions.”
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“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is the banality of evil.”
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
“leaders should be wary of common sense, which can be a poor substitute for evidence.)”
― Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
― Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
“Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
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