"We know to much to command ourselves very far."

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Julian Jaynes

#Command Quotes

“I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.”
“You can search high & low to find happiness on earth, yet unless you love yourself, you will never find your true belonging.”
“Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren't real, or if I was.”
“It requires less skill to love than to be loved.”

Source : 1991 A Devious Dictionary.
“I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.”
“It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.
“It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.”

Source : "A Lifetime of Secrets". Book by Frank Warren, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2007.
“The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced and packaged.”

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