"Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures?"

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John Brunner

#Should Quotes #Rational Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Climate change is not a major issue because it will cause sea level rises or temperature increases, since we know how to live at higher elevations and regulate the temperature within our homes. It is a major issue because ecosystems are finding it difficult to adapt to the rapidity of the climate and environmental changes and are dying off, thereby accelerating the species extinction that is already underway due to our consumption habits.”
“I sometimes suffer from insomnia and one of the first times it ever happened I was like, "I don't know what to do with myself," so I started writing a song and by morning it was finished. It was about how I couldn't sleep... I was 14.”

Source : "The Self-Aware Solo Artist". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2015.
“Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.”
“I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.”
“I don't really have a process. I just start working and keep going until it's done.”
“My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime usually do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed only for those exceptionally rare circumstances when all other rights have failed. A free people can only afford to make this mistake once.”

Source : "United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit". openjurist.org. May 6, 2003.
“Too many younger artists, critics, and curators are fetishizing the sixties, transforming the period into a deformed cult, a fantasy religion, a hip brand, and a crippling disease.”
“I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do what I do everyday. It was harder when I started because I didn't see the response, but now I'm out there playing for people and seeing them happy, which makes it all worthwhile”

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