"This is one of theprimary mechanisms whereby, if a fool says the sun is shining, we do notcorrectly discard this as irrelevant nonevidence, but rather find ourselvesimpelled to say that it must be dark outside."

--

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Dark Quotes #Shining Quotes #Fool Quotes

“This administration, this agency, the very agency charged with enforcing Obamacare, systematically targeted groups that came into existence because they opposed Obamacare - and they started the targeting the very month, March 2010, that Obamacare came into law - expects us to believe it is the work of two rogue agents in Cincinnati.”
“Everything beyond getting together felt like a bonus and made everyone feel really relaxed. It's not like people don't scrutinize their own decisions or those of others, of course, but that's both good and bad.”
“You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.”
“I often wonder if I was destined to be a composer. I think I decided and I followed my star.”
“Motherhood is more than bearing children...It is the essence of who we are as women.”
“The hills of one’s youth are all mountains”

Source : Mari Sandoz (1986). “The Story Catcher”, p.157, U of Nebraska Press
“A piece of paper or a photograph is as much an object, or as 'material' as a ton of lead.”

Source : Lucy R. Lippard (1973). “Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 ...”, p.5, Univ of California Press
“Our parts matter because we matter.”

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