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“Cognition modifies the knower so as to adapt him harmoniously to his acquired knowledge.”
Source : Ludwik Fleck (1981). “Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact”, p.86, University of Chicago Press
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“A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.”
Source : Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.13, Harper Collins
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“So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.”
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“The important thing is allowing the whole world to wake up. Part of allowing the whole world to wake up is recognizing that the whole world is free—everybody is free to be as they are. Until the whole world is free to agree with you or disagree with you, until you have given the freedom to everyone to like you or not like you, to love you or hate you, to see things as you see them or to see things differently—until you have given the whole world its freedom—you’ll never have your freedom.”
Source : Adyashanti (2010). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.56, Sounds True
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“Write down everything you want to do with your life and then spend the next 25 years doing them.”
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“The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.”
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“This is the last of earth! I am content.”
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“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”