"We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty."

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Source : William Deresiewicz (2015). “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

William Deresiewicz

#Errors Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Trials Quotes

“I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.”
“Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“What we have to continue to remind ourselves is that violence is a choice.”
“The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.”
“The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance manâ€™s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence,”
“Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets”
“Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.”
“I said I would get better with each baby, and I have.”

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