"It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end."

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Source : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 115), 1968.

Anthony Stafford Beer

#Appreciate Quotes #Important Quotes #Bitter Quotes

“Some ghosts tried to be showy. These were the kinds to avoid.”
“It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises.”

Source : The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski (2005). “The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future”, p.55, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.”
“We take life too lightly and sport too seriously.”
“For example, the character of Claire in In Dreams wasn't imagined enough by me. Annette Bening is a great actress, and she gave a great performance, but because I hadn't fully written it essentially the character wasn't finished.”
“He [Peter Pan] is a metaphor for dreams and faith.”
“I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake.”

Source : Clinton Rossiter (1948). “Constitutional Dictatorship”, p.19, Transaction Publishers

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