"To say that humans are composed of machines is not to say that we are merely machines. Humans are dignified machines. We are (so far) the most extropic, most complex product of billions of years of evolution."

-- Max More

#Years Quotes #Machines Quotes #Evolution Quotes

“Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.”

Source : "I was the only gay in my village..Humor helped me to beat the bullies". www.mirror.co.uk. November 26, 2005.
“Put the strong, masculine figure in a school with tough kids and you have a certain control. It's very demeaning to the kids and very demeaning to the tough, black guy, but that's how they worked it.”
“Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.”
“Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.”
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
“Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.”
“Intellectualism, though by no means confined to doubters, is often the sole piety of the skeptic.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.28, Vintage

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