"Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much subtler; the rose-tinted refraction of perceived reality, the contagious fear of threatening alternatives."

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Source : Peter Watts (2006). “Blindsight”, p.48, Macmillan

Peter Watts

#Reality Quotes #Rose Quotes #Police Quotes

“It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.”
“Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art.”

Source : Robert Fortune (1863). “Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China ...”, p.113
“I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody.”
“Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.”
“Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.”
“The fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain”
“When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?”
“The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.”

Source : "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012.

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