Two Thoughts (23 February - 1 March)
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Sunday, 23 February
Two thoughts from Pat Barker
"A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance."
"You know you’re walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can’t because everybody else thinks it’s your face.”
Monday, 24 February
Two thoughts from Graham Swift
“I do my thinking while I walk. It just loosens up the mind in the way that you don’t get when you are sitting at a desk.”
“This was the great truth of life, that fact and fiction were always merging, interchanging.”
Tuesday, 25 February
Two thoughts from J. B. S. Haldane
"Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination."
"So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination."
Wednesday, 26 February
Two thoughts from John D. Bernal
"The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes."
"Men will not be content to manufacture life: they will want to improve on it."
Thursday, 27 February
Two thoughts from Gerd Gigerenzer
“An intuition is neither caprice nor a sixth sense but a form of unconscious intelligence.”
“Intelligent decision-making entails knowing what tool to use for what problem.”
Friday, 28 February
Two thoughts from Bill Burnett
“It's worth emphasizing that failures and hardships are a part of every life, even the well-designed ones.”
“You weren’t put on this earth to work eight hours a day at a job you hate until the time comes to die.”
Saturday, 1 March
Two thoughts from Daniel Kahneman
“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
“If you were allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism.”
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dear jim,
great quotes as always! some of my faves from this batch:
Graham Swift:
“This was the great truth of life, that fact and fiction were always merging, interchanging.”
J. B. S. Haldane:
"Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination."
John D. Bernal:
"The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes."
Bill Burnett:
“It's worth emphasizing that failures and hardships are a part of every life, even the well-designed ones.”
Daniel Kahneman:
“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
“If you were allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism.”
thank you for sharing!
love
myq