"Below Every Tangled Hierarchy Lies An Inviolate Level"

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Douglas Hofstadter

#Lying Quotes #Tangled Quotes #Levels Quotes

“I think my view is rather more radical than Pete Mandik's. Both of us want to show that colour perception doesn't transcend what can be conceptualized, but I don't think he goes so far as to deny that it doesn't involve different responses to all the discriminable surfaces.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.
“It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.”
“Don't throw away your conscience.”
“You donâ€™t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.”
“It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication. It just fell on their side. That's the reality of it.”
“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.”
“[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A collective gasp rose from the crew as the fourteen-pound, self-basting, fresh-frozen projectile of wholesome savory goodness plowed into the soap bottles like a freight train into a chorus line of drunken grandmothers.”
“Gaze steadfastly at things which, though far away, are yet present to the mind.”

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