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“It always amuses me when any one group of people takes it for granted that, because they have been privileged for a generation or two, they are set apart in any way from the man or woman who is working in order to keep the wolf from the door. It is only luck and a little temporary veneer and before long the wheels may turn and one and all must fall back on whatever basic qualities they have.” This”
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
“Consider Herbert A. Simon, a right sharp scientific thinker, who did his thinking most frequently at Carnegie Mellon, by which I mean this chap was smart as shit. Check out some of his smart-thinks: “In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention. Slogan-worthy.”
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
“As hard to believe as it may be for Americans brought up on wartime propaganda films and publications devoted merely to war technology and battles, World War II was largely the result of infighting between secret occult societies composed of wealthy businessmen that eventually led to international tensions that provoked open warfare.”
― Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids
― Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids
“For candidates to achieve any high office in our state or federal legislature, they are required to make loud, ambitious public promises during their campaigns, which can never be completely fulfilled, even by the greatest humanitarian intentions. Therefore, we’re starting off our relationship with each prospective leader on the wrong foot, a foot of mistrust.”
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
― Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t. —Tom Waits”
― Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Principles for Delicious Living
― Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Principles for Delicious Living
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