"It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification."

-- Roman Jakobson

#Identity Quotes #Problem Quotes #Classification Quotes

“Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.”
“Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.”
“The internet has spawned people for whom knowingness is more important than knowledge. It equips you with the illusion of offering knowledge instantly - and quite easily - so you can read a few articles on a few subjects and feel well informed but not actually know any of those subjects in any depth.”
“If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he automatically devotes his attention to her, that's always a sign to look for. They're not always just doing it 'cause they're being 'friendly.' They want to look for somebody new.”

Source : "Brody Jenner Talks About Love". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. December 21, 2007.
“The music suddenly became important enough for me to build my own sound studio and start to prepare songs to possibly put out into the world.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.”

Source : Margaret MacMillan (2010). “The Uses and Abuses of History”, p.127, Profile Books
“I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.”

Source : Esquire, January 2010.
“It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript.”

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