"Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed."

-- Monica Ali

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“Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?”
“If you Google me, you'll find plenty of "dumb blonde" references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.”

Source : "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it).”
“Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make under what conditions.”

Source : S. I. HAYAKAWA (1941). “LANGUAGE IN ACTION”
“Intellectually, I loved my job, but I didnâ€™t get any meaning from it,”
“In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless, they must stand undaunted. That is required. And that should be expected. For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.”
“A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.”

Source : 'Discourses on Art' (ed. R. Wark, 1975) no. 3 (14 December 1770)
“Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul, architects should lead in procuring social and environmental change.”

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