"The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man."

-- Arthur Young

#Men Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Tina Fey is one of my heroes.”
“You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated.”
“Feminism, like Boston, is a state of mind. It is the state of mind of women who realize that their whole position in the social order is antiquated, as a woman cooking over an open fire with heavy iron pots would know that her entire housekeeping was out of date.”
“Theres two tiers of science fiction: the McDonalds sci-fi like Star Trek, where they have an adventure and solve it before the last commercial, and there are books that once youve read, you never look at the world the same way again.”
“For me, if the writing and - by extension - the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn't matter if it's film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it.”
“I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers,”
“Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.”
“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”

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