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Charles Perrow argues that this sort of denial is far too common. “We construct an expected world because we can’t handle the complexity of the present one, and then process the information that fits the expected world, and find reasons to ...more
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“I think you should celebrate whenever you can. Take that momentary feeling of being lucky, that feeling of being on the right track, and enjoy it. It won't last.”
Kate Morgenroth, Through the Heart

Stephen Colbert
“A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?”
Stephen Colbert, I Am America

“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”
African Proverb

Upton Sinclair
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
Upton Sinclair

Philip Larkin
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
Philip Larkin, High Windows

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