"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."

-- Smedley Butler

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“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.”
“Only grown-up men are scared of women.”

Source : "Fictional character: Kurt". "The Sound of Music", www.imdb.com. 1965.
“...because knowledge rapidly deteriorates unless it is used constantly, maintaining within an organization an activity that is used only intermittently guarantees incompetence.”
“Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.”
“My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them.”
“The image is a great reminder how we create our world through interpretations made up of language and symbols. Our language and symbols are always incomplete versions of a greater reality. Here is why inquiry is such a powerful tool when compared to simple advocacy. Inquiry allows us to discover what might be outside the cave instead of arguing about the shadows on the wall.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.”
“Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The childs mind must be set free.”

Source : Henry Williamson (1963). “The Power of the Dead”

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