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Creativity1 quote
Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows. — Alain de Botton · 2010Downsides of technology1 quote
Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. — Max Frisch · 1957Love1 quote
When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again-surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image. — Max Frisch · 1954Nature of love1 quote
When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again-surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image. — Max Frisch · 1954Originality1 quote
Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows. — Alain de Botton · 2010Public opinion1 quote
The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater · 1773Second chances1 quote
The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater · 1773Technology1 quote
Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. — Max Frisch · 1957Truth1 quote
The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. — Johann Kaspar Lavater · 1787Wisdom1 quote
The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. — Johann Kaspar Lavater · 1787