"It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future."

-- Gregory Bateson

#Men Quotes #Doe Quotes #Nucleus Quotes

“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”

Source : Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.70, Routledge
“Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify.”
“For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent months playing tic-tac-notecard, trying to get the stories in an order whereby stories that are similar in any given way (diction, narrative stance, setting, plot) are separated by others that aren't.”
“I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I'm also a realist. The only people in this country who are asked to be nonviolent are black people.”
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”

Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.12, Publishdrive
“I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.”
“I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.”
“Our experience using computers reflects a trade-off that was made fifty years ago or more.”

Source : Paul Dourish (2004). “Where the Action is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction”, p.1, MIT Press

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