"Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action."

-- John Maynard Smith

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“I'm going down 2 Alphabet Street I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet I'm gonna talk so sexy She'll want me from my head 2 my feet.”
“Good propaganda does not need to lie, indeed it may not lie. It has no reason to fear the truth. It is a mistake to believe that people cannot take the truth. They can. It is only a matter of presenting the truth to people in a way that they will be able to understand. A propaganda that lies proves that it has a bad cause. It cannot be successful in the long run.”
“If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when you hit an information black hole, you don't get to make it up. That hasn't come up too often with this project though. I'm lucky to have tons of primary source material , reams of letters and diaries and memoirs.”
“Every poem, formal or free, has an ideal shape, and the job of the poet is to find it.”
“Mark Dawidziak is as comfy and entertaining a tour guide through the world of Mark Twain as Twain himself was a tour guide through the world. In other words, Mark Twainâ€™s Guide is such a fun read that the only thing dry about it is the ink.”
“I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell.”
“Israel is the only place on earth where Jews have the possibility to shape public life according to their own traditional ideals.”
“Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or agnostic, to embrace and enjoy a practice.”

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