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This raises a problem for us because most people think that the more we do something, the more we know about it. The Elusive Obvious suggests that we can easily come to understand least what we do most—if we do it without awareness.
“Anybody in the world. ..But the world is so full of people, so crowded with these miracles that they become commonplace and we forget... I forget. We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from the another's vantage point. As if new, it may still take our breath away. Come...dry your eyes. For you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes... and let's go home.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
“If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.”
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“The hardest part of learning something new is not embracing new ideas, but letting go of old ones.”
― The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
― The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
“Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
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“There is no sickness worse for me that words that to be kind must lie.”
― Prometheus Bound
― Prometheus Bound
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