“Wikipedia took the idea of peer review and applied it to volunteers on a global scale, becoming the most important English reference work in less than 10 years. Yet the cumulative time devoted to creating Wikipedia, something like 100 million hours of human thought, is expended by Americans every weekend, just watching ads.”
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“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
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“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.”
― The October Country
― The October Country
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