"Self-censorship, the most important and most successful form of censorship, is rampant. Debate is identified with dissent, which is in turn identified with disloyalty. There is a widespread feeling that, in this new, open-ended emergency, we may not be able to 'afford' our traditional freedoms."

-- Susan Sontag

#Successful Quotes #Self Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Talking about food arouses certain individuals the way talking about sex does others.”

Source : Bert Greene (1986). “Bert Greene's kitchen bouquets: a cookbook celebration of aromas and flavors”, Fireside
“The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment.”

Source : Peter Prange (2011). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.291, Simon and Schuster
“The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.”
“There are some people who always feel happy. They're called psychopaths”
“[Bush Hating] undermines the good faith necessary for democratic discussion. Which is a large part of what people like Al Franken are all about.”
“One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.”
“Religions do not teach doubt.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.322, Spectra
“I think being a little nuts is helpful.”

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