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Хотя страничка на вики про Идиократию это отрицает и указывает на другие антиутопии как примеры дисгенезиса (aka вырождения), фильм прям почти дословно снят по 'Марширующим дебилам'. Фабула и сцены взяты прям целиком. И в книге дефолтное обращение к
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Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing.
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“– Деточка, о жизни нельзя размышлять, сидя от нее в стороне. Жизнь – это то, что ты делаешь с миром, а мир делает с тобой. Типа как секс. А если ты отходишь в сторону и начинаешь про это думать, исчезает сам предмет размышлений. На месте жизни остается пустота. Вот поэтому все эти созерцатели, которые у стены на жопе сидят, про пустоту и говорят. У них просто жизнь иссякла – а они считают, что все про нее поняли. Про жизнь бесполезно думать. Жизнь можно только жить.”
― Непобедимое Солнце
― Непобедимое Солнце
“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and whilst doing so he will be more concerned with the placement of commas than the screams of the dying.”
― Yellow Blue Tibia
― Yellow Blue Tibia
“Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At the same time, we expect our committed relationships to be romantic as well as emotionally and sexually fulfilling. Is it any wonder that so many relationships crumble under the weight of it all?”
― Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
― Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
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