"Quite apart from the prestige of technology, people do, after all, prefer a simple idea to a complex one."

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Source : Bernard Crick (1962). “In Defence of Politics”

Bernard Crick

#Technology Quotes #Simple Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“You are a living mockery of your own ideals. If not, you have set your ideals too low.”

Source : Charles Ludlam (1989). “The Complete Plays of Charles Ludlam”, Harper Perennial
“We danced our youth in a dreamed of city, Venice, paradise, proud and pretty, We lived for love and lust and beauty, Pleasure then our only duty. Floating them twixt heaven and Earth And drank on plenties blessed mirth We thought ourselves eternal then, Our glory sealed by Godâ€™s own pen. But paradise, we found is always frail, Against manâ€™s fear will always fail.”
“You have to be disgusted with your current circumstances before your circumstances can change.”
“Paloma you cry out, you beg for connection The dreams you seek are straight ahead in every direction”
“The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.”
“I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.”
“Catharsis isnâ€™t a wound being excavated from childhood.”
“Where there is no math, there is no freedom.”

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