"We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it."

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Source : Mark Pagel (2012). “Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company

Mark Pagel

#Knowing Quotes #Mind Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“Fitzcarraldo is that metonymic character that's unwilling to give up on his dreams. Meeting Walter was the point in which all of these dreams coalesced into a very real person with a very real story.”
“A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.”
“In my work, I present questions and concerns. [It's] the opportunity to put a system of antibodies into circulation, without any pretense of making the world a better place, but to start a conversation with the world.”
“If I were younger, I'd know more.”
“And we'll never be as young as we are right now”

Source : Song: Lost Boys And Golden Girls, Album: Bad for Good
“I'm almost mentally incapable of drawing a distinction between art I make for the masses, or my clients, and that I make for myself. It all flows from what gets me off, ultimately. It's my viewpoint, and I don't particularly care if it gets seen by gallery patrons, magazine readers, internet audiences, or my friends, as long as it gets seen.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Oh how our neighbour lifts his nose, To tell what every schoolboy knows.”
“I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.”

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