"The more perfect our means of direct experience, the more easily we are caught by the dangerous illusion that perceiving is tantamount to knowing and understanding."

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Source : Rudolf Arnheim (1957). “Film as Art”, p.195, Univ of California Press

Rudolf Arnheim

#Mean Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.”
“I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.”
“The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.”
“Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.”

Source : "Psychological problems in mental deficiency" by Seymour B. Sarason, p. 211, 1969.
“Once we choose hope, everything is possible.”

Source : Annette Funicello, Norman Vincent Peale, Christopher Reeve, Michael J. (CON) Fox (2008). “Stories to Comfort the Soul”, GuidepostsBooks
“Pronouns are only useful when you combine them with other words. I have a few I can give you, if you're at a loss.”
“Organize priorities so that God is first in our lives.”
“Why shouldn't it be that way for the rest of us? Why not just go with it? Just walk the dog and send the tweets and eat the scones and play with the hamsters and ride the bicycles and watch the sunsets and stream the movies and never worry about any of it? I didn't know it could be that easy. I didn't know that until just now. That sounds good to me.”

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