"It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are."

-- Austin Kleon

#Who We Are Quotes #Figures Quotes

“Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here.”
“There is no horror, no amount of evil in the world, that a true believer can't rationalize as consistent with a loving God. It's the ultimate way of fooling yourself.”
“Let her tell stories and dance in the rain, somersault, tumble and run, her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep, let her grow like a weed in the sun.”
“We have modified our environment so radically that we must now modify ourselves to exist in this new environment.”

Source : Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.46, Da Capo Press
“Meat-eaters make every day a 9/11 for animals in slaughterhouses.”
“My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings - what we sometimes call "mind" - are a consequence of its anatomy and physiology, and nothing more.”
“I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Oct 30, 2011
“I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.”

Source : "Stephen Bayley interview: prize exhibit". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2000.

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