"I have observed in foolish awe The dateless mid-days of the law And seen indifferent justice done By everyone on everyone."

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Source : EDWIN MUIR (1960). “COLLECTED POEMS”

Edwin Muir

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“The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.”
“She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be a saint.”
“To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.”
“The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.”

Source : Shoshana Zuboff (1988). “In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power”, New York : Basic Books
“A horizontal or vertical line lacks energy, compared with one that deviates from either. The difference between these graphic expressions is the difference between movement and repose.”
“I'm the kind of person to wait until I've gained ten pounds to start exercising.”
“We find the Works of Nature still more pleasant, the more they resemble those of art.”
“It's a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody's arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere.”

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