"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.”
“The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool is what you make with it.”

Source : "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal". Book by Eric Schlosser, January 17, 2001.
“For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.”
“A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.”
“Where the material is, that's where you go. I'm a workman: I go to work. I've done movies for nothing, literally nothing; I did 'Last I Heard' for next to nothing.”
“Kill me, Doug. Just kill me now. Put me out of my misery.â€ â€œChrist, Kincaid, what did you say to him?â€ murmured Doug. â€œWell,â€ I told Doug, â€œI ripped on his fans and on how long it takes for his books to come out.â€ Doug stared at me, his expectations exceeded. â€œThen I saidâ€”not knowing who he wasâ€”that Iâ€™d be Seth Mortensenâ€™s love slave in exchange for advanced copies of his books.”
“Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.”
“Only work with projects you love. That will make your creativity blend with your vitality, and the project will create itself.”

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