"Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique."

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Oliver Sacks

#Unique Quotes #Narrative Quotes #Different Quotes

“Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.”
“Every day you spend becoming an expert in a field, you become more useless in that field.”
“Rose took my nose, I suppose,â€ he repeated; the bubble of phlegm in his throat made a disgusting crackle. â€œAnd it really blows.”
“Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence. Myth looked back to the origins of life, to the foundations of culture, and to the deepest levels of the human mind. Myth was not concerned with practical matters, but with meaning. Unless we find some significance in our lives, we mortal men and women fall very easily into despair. The mythos of a society provided people with a context that made sense of their day-to-day lives; it directed their attention to the eternal and the universal.”

Source : Karen Armstrong (2011). “The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism”, p.14, Ballantine Books
“The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.”
“Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.”
“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”
“Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.”

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