"Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Reality Quotes #Copies Quotes

“Donâ€™t worry about things. Donâ€™t push. Just do your work and youâ€™ll survive. The important thing is to have a ball, to be joyful, to be loving and to be explosive. Out of that comes everything and you grow.”
“I felt I was owned by possessions.”
“I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.”
“They wrong opportunity who say she knocks but once”
“I want to inspire, and be inspired.”
“You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.”

Source : Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
“Though I often run out of courage and good sense, stubbornness keeps me going.”
“If experience be consulted, it will be found there is no action, however abominable, that has not received the applause of some people. Parricide - the sacrifice of children - robbery - usurpation - cruelty - intolerance - prostitution, have all in their turn been licensed actions, and have been deemed laudable and meritorious deeds with some nations of the earth. Above all, Religion has consecrated the most unreasonable, the most revolting customs.”

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