"Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of comprehension of the forces which make it work- of the principles which relate his gadgets to the forces of nature, to the universal order. It is not central heating which makes his existence 'unnatural,' but his refusal to take an interest in the principles behind it. By being entirely dependent on science, yet closing his mind to it, he leads the life of an urban barbarian."

Source : Arthur Koestler (1969). “The Act of Creation”

Arthur Koestler

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“To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was in 'Tron.''”
“When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.”

Source : "News Again: Michelle Branch". Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 24, 2017.
“Women represent 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people in our world who live in absolute poverty. Consequently, as Joan Holmes, president of the Hunger Project, points out, any realistic efforts to change patterns of chronic hunger and poverty require changing traditions of discrimination against women.”
“We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.”
“Hippies generally aren't busy with anything except feeling sorry for themselves.”
“After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.”

Source : "Linda Cardellini’s Return". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 10, 2012.
“Holland is very good at avant garde, probably due to the Dutch character. Good at design. Experimentation sometimes works here very well.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.”

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