"If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me."

-- Julian Baggini

#Believe Quotes #Winning Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things.”

Source : William H. Gass, Theodore G. Ammon (2003). “Conversations with William H. Gass”, p.28, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I'm working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents.”
“The "norm" for humanity is love. Brutality is an aberration. We are not sinners by nature. We learn to be bad. We are taught to stray from our good paths. We are made to be crazy by other people who are also crazy and who draw for us a map of the world which is ugly, negative, fearful, and crazy.”

Source : Jack D. Forbes (2011). “Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism”, p.17, Seven Stories Press
“By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.”
“A lot of players might be tired, but I feel nice and sharp.”
“Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.”
“It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.”

Source : Graham Vivian Sutherland, John T. Hayes (1977). “Portraits by Graham Sutherland”
“There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages the copyright process for the nation.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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