"Literature, like memory, selects only the vivid patches."

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Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.57, Psychology Press

T. E. Hulme

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“The Detective was different. Not that he wasn't a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was the kind who didn't like to turn away from another's pain, the kind who couldn't put a pillow over his ears to drown out the cries of strangers. Those scars he had were badges of courage, and Willie knew that there were others hidden beneath his clothes, and still more deep inside, right beneath the skin and down to the soul. No, it was just that whatever goodness was there coexisted with rage and grief and loss.”
“How does contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human. What is our relationship with - and responsibilities towards - that which we create.”

Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.
“I tell my graduate students [at Bard College], â€˜There are two ways to change the world: through policy, or through sustainable business.â€™ With sustainable business, individuals build solutions within the current systemâ€¦ Sustainable business asks, â€˜How would nature do this?â€™”
“Globalization, meaning the global expansion of a market economy, is the only way we can guarantee widespread prosperity and peace. A lot of nations are just so small, that unless they can sell their goods and services on the market they're never going to develop, they don't have an internal market that's big enough to sustain anything.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Moments of unexpected sweetness happen when romance enters, which always happens in songs - if just for a split second.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.”
“You can't have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.”
“You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.”

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