"Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object."

-- Plotinus

#Knowing Quotes #Demand Quotes #Organs Quotes

“I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.”
“I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.”
“I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.”
“The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness.”
“An army must inevitably consist of the scum of the people and all those for which society has no use.”
“Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages to all the various glands and secretions in the body. It's impossible trying to act it; it just happens. It's a very important question: no acting.”
“If I ain't learning, it ain't fun.”

Source : "How World of Warcraft Could Save Your Business and The Economy" by John Seely Brown, bigthink.com.
“It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.”

Source : 'Curiosities of Literature' (9th ed., 1834) 'On Quotation'

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