"Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown"

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Cherie Priest

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“each generation has something different at which they are all looking.”
“Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he is normal or retarded. ... We do not attempt to establish or prepare a prognosis and we leave unanswered the question of whether this retardation is curable, or even improveable. We shall limit ourselves to ascertaining the truth in regard to his present mental state.”

Source : Alfred Binet (1977). “Works on Psychometrics”, Greenwood Publishing Group
“I can't just decide myself what's being built. Someone decides what they want, then I work for them.”
“Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.”

Source : "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.
“The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys of the Euphrates, the so-called cradle of civilization, where plants were first grown for crops by settled communities, garden enclosures were also constructed. Gardens emphasized the contrast between two separate worlds: the outer one where nature remained awe-inspiringly in control and an inner artificially created sanctuary, a refuge for man and plants from the burning desert, where shade trees and cool canals refreshed the spirit and ensured growth.”
“You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.”
“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.”

Source : "The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to". Book by David Boaz, 1997.
“Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?”

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