"What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an end that has in fact been achieved?"

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

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“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”
“No one remembers how you got there, only that you got there.”
“The human organism has only so much energy at its disposal. If you divert a great deal of it into any one channel, you can expect the others to collapse or atrophy. If you squander your vital energies on your emotional life, as you have been doing, plan to be physically and mentally bankrupt, as it were.”

Source : Lisa Alther (2017). “The Novels of Lisa Alther: Kinflicks, Original Sins, and Five Minutes in Heaven”, p.144, Open Road Media
“Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.”
“Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.”
“When we set our hearts on knowing the truth, we assist one another in the long tender work of awakening. When the story is right, and the people we love are waiting to listen, we tell each other how to live.”
“I saw something nasty in the woodshed.”

Source : Cold Comfort Farm ch. 10 (1932)
“Personal branding is about figuring who you are and what turns you on and then monetising it”

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