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Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#among #because #collective #creates #democratic

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#age #aim #apparent #between #childhood

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it. ↗

— Ice T

#anybody #art #art form #back #because

Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine or a museum. An administrator, in fact. I think this is a melancholy situation for an intellectual. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#culture #fact #i #i think #in fact

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#although #am #basically #colour #consider

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden. ↗

— Amy Tan

#culture #onerous #placing #represent #responsibility

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. ↗

— Edward Teller

#believe #believes #effective #everyone #fact

The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#back #being #born #gone #grew

I got into a fight with Walt Disney: I always pick the wrong people to fight with. ↗

— Frank Tashlin

#disney #fight #got #i #i always

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#does #knowledge #seeds #sow #your