"Since our technology is really just an extension of ourselves, we donâ€™t have to have contempt for its manipulability in the way we might with actual people. Itâ€™s all one big endless loop. We like the mirror and the mirror likes us. To friend a person is merely to include the person in our private hall of flattering mirrors."

-- Jonathan Franzen

#Technology Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #People Quotes

“Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone.”
“Modern cosmetic surgeons have a direct financial interest in a social role for women that requires them to feel ugly. They do not simply advertise for a share of a market that already exists: Their advertisements create new markets. It is a boom industry because it is influentially placed to create its own demand through the pairing of text with ads in women's magazines. The industry takes out ads and gets coverage; women get cut open. They pay their money and they takes their chances. As surgeons grow richer, they are able to command larger and brighter ad spaces.”
“When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.”
“Latin is already a dead language, man... don't make it any deader.”
“It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.”
“We need to stop spending money we don't have.”
“When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.”
“The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.”

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