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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. ↗


— Carl Sagan


#science #thought-provoking #science

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. ↗


— Marshall McLuhan


#opinion #probes #social-science #understanding #wisdom

In a very real way, one writes a story to find out what happens in it. Before it is written it sits in the mind like a piece of overheard gossip or a bit of intriguing tattle. The story process is like taking up such a piece of gossip, hunting down the people actually involved, questioning them, finding out what really occurred, and visiting pertinent locations. As with gossip, you can't be too surprised if important things turn up that were left out of the first-heard version entirely; or if points initially made much of turn out to have been distorted, or simply not to have happened at all. ↗


— Samuel R. Delany


#story #writing #writing-process #science

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins. ↗


— Joyce Cary


#anarchists #buddha #church #churches #confucius

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them. ↗


— Aristophanes


#falsehood #government #hypocrisy #politics #popularity

If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better. ↗


— Lindsay Buckingham


#excellence #improvement #maturity #practice #maturity

Humility is an essential quality in writers who want to write well. ↗


— Margaret Jean Langstaff


#writing #writing-craft #writing-process #writing-craft

The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. ↗


— Stephen King


#procrastination #curiosity

A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you. ↗


— Criss Jami


#divine #divine-intervention #emotions #energizer #god

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. ↗


— Euripides


#dissent #due-process #fairness #impartiality #judgment






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