"A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing."

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Source : 1936 Permanence and Change.

Kenneth Burke

“People are afraid to think, or they don't know how. They fail to realize that, while emotions can't be suppressed, the mind can be strengthened. All over the world people are seeking peace of mind, but there can be no peace of mind without strength of mind.”
“You always try and make a film that is a letter that will be read and we are so glad that it is being read by the right people in the right place and is inspiring change. It is also gratifying that the survivors are finding it healing and transformative. That's been really great.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.”

Source : Fritz Leiber (2015). “The Big Time: Top Science Fiction”, p.16, 谷月社
“Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.”
“She didn't have words for what Levi was. He was a cave painting. He was The Red Ballon. She lifted her heels and pulled him forward until his face was so close, she could look at only one of his eyes at a time. "You're magic," she said.”
“I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”

Source : Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1953). “Have We the Courage to be Free?”
“Economists are almost unanimous in conceding that the land tax has no adverse side effects. ...Landowners ought to look at both sides of the coin. Applying a tax to land values also means removing other taxes. This would so improve the efficiency of a city that land values would go up more than the increase in taxes on land.”
“I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality, so I'll be walking down the street, and I forget what I do and who I am.”

Source : "Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: "You are so not the princess type" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2012.

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