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In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

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This is the secret of propaganda: To totally saturate the person, whom the propaganda wants to lay hold of, with the ideas of the propaganda, without him even noticing that he is being saturated. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

#even #him #hold #ideas #lay

Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech. ↗

— Auberon Waugh

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I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#award #been #broadway #come #composers

I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#casting #crawford #different #girl #go

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#any #day #dentist #fuss #go

I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#first-rate #four #good #grades #into

It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide. ↗

— Steve Waugh

#everyone #hard #hard life #hide #life

Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ↗

— Steve Waugh

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