"I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for human beings. I came even to feel that if I had to sell every last possession to obtain these means of escape, it would be well worth it."

-- Osamu Dazai

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“I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis: ... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.”
“Nick Yablon ranges widely, from log cabins to skyscrapers and from Tocqueville to pulp fiction. He combines imaginative research with probing interpretation. Untimely Ruins offers fresh and challenging insights about the American built environment on nearly every page.”
“In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one knows that his work depends on that of his predecessors and colleagues, and that it can only reach its fruition through the work of his successors. In science men collaborate not because they are forced to by superior authority or because they blindly follow some chosen leader, but because they realize that only in this willing collaboration can each man find his goal.”

Source : "The Social Function of Science". Book by John Desmond Bernal, 1939.
“Any conscious, wilful impairment of the body is an affront to God.”
“But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time.”
“The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present.”

Source : "Peter Thiel Talks About the Day Mark Zuckerberg Turned Down Yahoo's $1 Billion". www.inc.com. March 12, 2013.
“It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with.”

Source : John Brunner (2014). “The Shockwave Rider”, p.37, Open Road Media
“Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.”

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