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*Nothing is indescribable in words if you take the time and trouble. If your present language framework is inadequate, then you must carefully create a larger one. –Colin Wilson, The Mind Parasites, Monkfish, Rhinebeck, 2005 | *Nothing is indescribable in words if you take the time and trouble. If your present language framework is inadequate, then you must carefully create a larger one. –Colin Wilson, The Mind Parasites, Monkfish, Rhinebeck, 2005 | ||
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*The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. –[[Richard Feynman|Richard P. Feynman]] | *The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool. –[[Richard Feynman|Richard P. Feynman]] | ||
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*Any Universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it. –[[John Barrow]] | *Any Universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it. –[[John Barrow]] | ||
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*The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, fool-proof, shit detector. –[[Ernest Hemingway]] | *The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, fool-proof, shit detector. –[[Ernest Hemingway]] | ||
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*A new word is like a fresh seed | *A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. –[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] | ||
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*I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. –[[Samuel Johnson]], lexicographer (1709-1784) | *I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. –[[Samuel Johnson]], lexicographer (1709-1784) |
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