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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion read more
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total ;of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.
Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.
We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
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We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
On finit par etre fripon.]
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual read more
The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]
