"If we have learned nothing else from the 20th century, we should at least have grasped that the more perfect the answer, the more terrifying its consequences. Incremental improvements upon unsatisfactory circumstances are the best that we can hope for, and probably all we should seek."

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Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.109, Penguin

Tony Judt

#Perfect Quotes #Answers Quotes #Improvement Quotes

“They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do”
“Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.”
“Around here, however, we donâ€™t look backwards for very long”
“Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.”
“It's like the piano and the cello are being poured into my body, the same way the IV and blood transfusions are. And the memories of my life as it was, and the flashes of it as it might be, are coming so fast and furious. I feel like I can no longer keep up with them but they keep coming and everything is colliding, until I cannot take anymore. Until I cannot be like this a second longer.”
“When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.”
“The specific patterns, out of which a building or a town is made may be alive or dead. To the extent they are alive, they let our inner forces loose, and, set us free; but when they are dead they keep us locked in inner conflict.”

Source : Christopher Alexander (1979). “The Timeless Way of Building”, p.10, New York : Oxford University Press

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