"The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change is the emergence of what might best be called procedural epistemology-the study of the structure of knowledge from an imperative point of view, as opposed to the more declarative point of view taken by classical mathematical subjects."

-- Hal Abelson

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“I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.”
“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
“I think I become close to the people that I work with.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Gracepoint’ co-star Jessica Lucas on why she probably isn’t playing the killer". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. November 6, 2014.
“All genuinely noble women prefer truth to falsehood. As the Russians with their Czar, they are unwilling to see their idol degraded; they want to be proud of the domination they accept.”
“Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies.”
“... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes of the organisation register themselves thereon. Moreover, the same colour-patterns of the wings generally show, with great regularity, the degrees of blood-relationship of the species. As the laws of nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole world.”
“I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing, even if it wasn't.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.”

Source : "The Marriage Lease: The Story of a Social Experiment".

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