"By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism."

-- Alvin Toffler

#Civilization Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
“To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go.”
“Nature has a counterpart, a representation of every interior mood and obscure perception of man.”
“Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.”
“If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.”
“I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.”
“On a single day, I read articles where I was described as being alternately 'lanky,' 'pudgy,' 'doughy,' 'balding,' 'utterly forgettable,' and 'constantly irritating.”
“This is a service station, we offer service. There is no higher purpose.”

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