"Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding."

-- T. S. Eliot

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“The annexation of Crimea did undermine Ukraine to some extent, but less than it did Russia; this is a case in which the victim wins. Ukraine got rid of a region that requires massive subsidies and received international sympathy; meanwhile, Russia bit off this chunk it can't chew.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?”
“Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.”

Source : "Science is Not Enough" by Vannevar Bush, Ch. X, (p. 191), 1967.
“The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.”
“The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.”
“The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of the population. If they in turn can just stay alive in the face of power and terror, they may become the decisive section.”

Source : Kenneth Rexroth (1969). “An autobiographical novel”
“Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.”
“If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.”

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