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"The essence of being human is an uncomfortable duality of “rational” technology and “irrational” belief. We are still a species in transition.
—DAVID LEWIS-WILLIAMS,
The Mind in the Cave (2004), CHAPTER ONE" — Nov 26, 2016 07:48AM
"The essence of being human is an uncomfortable duality of “rational” technology and “irrational” belief. We are still a species in transition.
—DAVID LEWIS-WILLIAMS,
The Mind in the Cave (2004), CHAPTER ONE" — Nov 26, 2016 07:48AM
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"By 1800, somewhere between 10 million and 15 million black Africans had been brought to the Americas. In all, Africa may have lost as many as 50 million human beings to death and slavery during the centuries that we call the beginnings of modern civilization." — Nov 09, 2016 10:55AM
"By 1800, somewhere between 10 million and 15 million black Africans had been brought to the Americas. In all, Africa may have lost as many as 50 million human beings to death and slavery during the centuries that we call the beginnings of modern civilization." — Nov 09, 2016 10:55AM
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"Commander Root was sucking on a particularly noxious fungus cigar." — Nov 02, 2016 10:36AM
"Commander Root was sucking on a particularly noxious fungus cigar." — Nov 02, 2016 10:36AM
“বালক ভুল করে পড়েছে ভুল বই,
পড়েনি ব্যাকরণ, পড়েনি মূল বই!
বালক জানে না তো সময় প্রতিকূল,
সাঁতার না শিখে সে সাগরে ঝাঁপ দেয়,
জলের চোরাস্রোত গোপনে বয়ে যায়,
বালক ভুল করে নেমেছে ভুল জলে!
বালক জানে না তো কতোটা হেঁটে এলে
ফেরার পথ নেই, থাকে না কোনো কালে।।”
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পড়েনি ব্যাকরণ, পড়েনি মূল বই!
বালক জানে না তো সময় প্রতিকূল,
সাঁতার না শিখে সে সাগরে ঝাঁপ দেয়,
জলের চোরাস্রোত গোপনে বয়ে যায়,
বালক ভুল করে নেমেছে ভুল জলে!
বালক জানে না তো কতোটা হেঁটে এলে
ফেরার পথ নেই, থাকে না কোনো কালে।।”
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“The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.”
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live. ”
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