"The life-efficiency and adaptability of the computer must be questioned. Its judicious use depends upon the availability of its human employers quite literally to keep their own heads, not merely to scrutinize the programming but to reserve for themselves the right of ultimate decision. No automatic system can be intelligently run byautomatonsor by people who dare not assert human intuition, human autonomy, human purpose."

-- Lewis Mumford

#Running Quotes #Availability Quotes #People Quotes

“memories do not always behave in an orderly way, but bloom, as it were, erratically ...”
“A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.”
“Sometimes you just have to say, â€œ...I don't know what we are doing, let's just go and see what happens.â€ You have to embrace the experience itself, so that things you didn't intend to happen can make your work more authentic. And you have to hope that it works”

Source : "The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Works Toward a More Personal Freakout" by Scott Thill, www.wired.com. October 23, 2008.
“The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.”
“Trust but check. Check on those we trust.”
“I love Dior products. They have this Capture Totale One Essential Skin Boosting Super Serum that gives you fresh, glowing, dewy skin.”
“Dear Brigan, she thought to herself. People want incongruous, impossible things. Horses do, too.”
“I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.”

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