"Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you."

-- Denis Dutton

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“By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.”
“When people begin to understand that whatever they think and feel happens, then the psychic phenomena begin to rise, which is what's happening now.”
“The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming outside, I'm filming inside. I can only really touch the inside through the mise-en-scene. So through the mise-en-scene of the outside we can explore the inside”
“I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher”
“Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in arm!”

Source : Astrid Lindgren (2015). “Pippi Longstocking”, p.34, Oxford University Press - Children
“The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.”
“I don't think Aaron Sorkin can write a character who isn't really funny.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I think I am upsetting the coach.”

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