"Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualitiesâ€”a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosityâ€”but they also share one other defining attribute. They have a lot of hobbies."

-- Steven Johnson

#Snow Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“Unfortunately there is a standard set for it that precedes hip-hop. It would be great if corporate America didn't do this, but there is a huge market for sex and violence and anti-Black representations in America and the world that doesn't begin or end with hip-hop.”
“The United States is the lone superpower of the world. We have a stake in Rwanda's success because we have a stake in the world's stability.And we have got to understand the need for a paradigm shift. This is not about "might makes right." This is about a democratic movement that pulls out the voices of all of the people so that they come up with a fair and healthy and stable and sustainable society. And if we can learn those lessons in a place like Rwanda, then we can apply them around the world.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Prison Notebooks gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.”
“I'm sort of like a rat in a maze - I'm moving forward, and any choice I make at the time seems like the only one I can make.”

Source : Source: www.timeout.com
“Political science without biography is a form of taxidermy.”

Source : Harold D. Lasswell (1986). “Psychopathology and Politics”, p.8, University of Chicago Press
“Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.”
“Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies, regulators all too often encourage or approve unreasonably high prices, inadequate service, and anticompetitive behavior. The cost of this regulation is always passed on to the consumer. And that cost is astronomical.”
“When you learn what you can live without, you are able to ask life for the very best because you possess the gift of discernment. You are able to create an authentic life because you are able to make conscious choices.”

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