When plugged in, the least elaborate computer can be relied on to work to the fullest extent of … - Jacques Barzun

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One of the greatest things my therapist said to me. . . and it really blew my mind in the greatest way, he just said, "Look in the mirror less. "

Jacques Barzun

When plugged in, the least elaborate computer can be relied on to work to the fullest extent of its capacity. The greatest mind cannot be relied on for the simplest thing; its variability is its superiority.

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Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings.

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Regarding the idea of race,. . no agreement seems to exist about what race means. Race seems to embody a fact as simple and as obvious as the noonday sun, but if that is so, why the endless wrangling about the idea and the facts of race. What is a race? How can it be recognized? Who constitute the several races?.

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To delve into history entails, besides the grievance of hard work, the danger that in the depths one may lose one’s scapegoats.

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To watch a football game is to be in a prolonged neurotic doubt as to what you're seeing. It's more like an emergency happening at a distance than a game. I don't wonder the spectators take to drink.

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