"Human beings being what they are, order spreads, given half a chance, almost as fast as confusion."

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Samuel R. Delany

#Order Quotes #Confusion Quotes #Half Quotes

“Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if only we had a camera on us at all times, we could go and watch each other's tapes and find out what each of us was really like.”
“There is a trend in the whole [U.S.] culture toward making things shorter. People have been watching too much television, and they have a television mentality. I think people really are wary of sitting in a theatre too long. They're not used to it.”
“Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.”
“My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.”
“Humility is not an exaggeratedly low opinion of yourself. Humility is self-forgetfulness.”
“Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.”
“An easygoing person is probably more accessible to the realization of eternity--the endless flow of life and death--than one who takes his prospects and duties overseriously. It is the overserious who are truly frivolous.”
“Climate change is a serious problem. We all need to do what we can. Unless that means I've got to change stuff. Then I'm not doing it.”

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