"Insofar as the theorist wins, therefore, by constructing an increasingly closed and terrifying machine, to that very degree he loses, since the critical capacity of his work is thereby paralysed, and the impulses of negation and revolt, not to speak of those of social transformation, are increasingly perceived as vain and trivial in the face of the model itself."

-- Fredric Jameson

#Winning Quotes #Degrees Quotes #Machines Quotes

“Now you know you're going to have to play music for the label, you know you're going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I'm so much more conscious and it bothers me. I try to find my way back to writing without being too analytical or not thinking about whether this is good or is it bad.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Stop talking about the problem and start thinking about the solution.”
“I think having children is the most amazing thing.”

Source : "Rachel Stevens Confirms Pregnancy". New! magazine interview, www.independent.co.uk. May 19, 2010.
“aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.”
“The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.”

Source : "How We Know". Freeman Dyson's review of James Gleick's book "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood" (2011), www.nybooks.com. March 10, 2011.
“I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured to its presence that they could not conÂceive of society without it. Within the history of the United States the system of slavery immediately comes to mind.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“In reality, good and evil do not exist, because Divine Providence created nothing that is bad and disharmonious; this is only a human concept. From the hermetic point of view, one type of being has to bring forth positive influences, whereas another type has to bring forth negative influences. In an astral respect these beings are the tools of the effects on our physical world. They are also the cause of all effects in the astral body of every human being, whether they are initiated or not.”

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