"I think the killers get far too much attention."

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Douglas Coupland

#Thinking Quotes #Attention Quotes #Killers Quotes

“There's a metaphor for the American public in here," Gansey murmered darkly, "but it escapes me at the moment.”
“Indeed one of the best ways to deflect attacks is to make it look like they're succeeding. It's the software equivalent of playing dead.”
“You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
“If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We donâ€™t need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food,”
“For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. Not this course, but any other, requires explanation. If you want to go somewhere quickly, and several alternate routes are equally likely to be open, no one asks why you take the shortest. The simplest theory is to be chosen not because it is the most likely to be true but because it is scientifically the most rewarding among equally likely alternatives. We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.”
“My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.”

Source : "Nightline Playlist: Page McConnell" by Howard L. Rosenberg, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2008.
“The ultimate condition of production is therefore the reproduction of the conditions of production”

Source : Louis Althusser (2001). “Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays”, p.85, NYU Press
“The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.”

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