"In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes."

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Source : The English Digest, Vol. 57, p. 34, 1958.

Paul Lazarsfeld

#Political Quotes #Vote Quotes #Contempt Quotes

“You don't disrupt genius at work.”

Source : "Dylan O’Brien Talks THE FIRST TIME, TEEN WOLF Season 3, Shawn Levy's THE INTERNSHIP, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 17, 2012.
“I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man.”
“Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.”
“I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters.”
“I worry that humanity has been "advanced" to its present level of incompetency because evolution works on the Peter Principle.”
“Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.”
“Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?”
“Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos, don't start throwing out information, instead fix the design.”

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