"While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to possess the authenticity of complex, sophisticated perceptions."

-- Eva Hoffman

#Justice Quotes #Perception Quotes #Savages Quotes

“All design is the process of making experiences.”
“I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.”
“The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful”
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.”
“If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.”
“I can hear, underground, that sucking and sobbing, In my veins, in my bones I feel it,- The small water seeping upward, The tight grains parting at last. When sprouts break out, Slippery as fish, I quail, lean to beginnings, sheath-wet.”
“We each have a litany of holiday rituals and everyday habits that we hold on to, and we often greet radical innovation with the enthusiasm of a baby meeting a new sitter. We defend against it and - not always, but often enough - reject it. Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to.”
“The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.”

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