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I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. ↗

— Richard Powers

#contemporary #contemporary life #describe #facts #find

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bodies #cobbled #desire #driven #human

If you want a higher power, go to the goddamn sun. Just go to the sun - and stop destroying the ozone layer. ↗

— Susan Powter

#go #goddamn #higher #higher power #just

We can't be guided - because we're so far from it. We've so destroyed it. We're so far from that that we can't use it. I mean, Jim Bakker heard from God. What a good job he did! ↗

— Susan Powter

#because #destroyed #did #far #god

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#destroy #fabric #go #i #i care

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#amsterdam #avoiding #being #bell #concept

When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#bad time #better #bit #design #fashion

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#college #college education #complex #destroyers #education

The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#desire #greatest #heart #his #lord

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. ↗

— Fritz Todt

#accused #any #attempted #buildings #cultural