#nat

Martial (the main character of LOCUS SOLUS) has a very interesting conception of literary beauty: the work must contain nothing real, no observations about the world or the mind, nothing but completely imaginary constructions. These are in themselves ideas from an extrahuman world. ↗

— Pierre Janet

#imagination #literature #mind #surrealism #writing

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#control #i #i am #nature #need

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#breaks #decent #earn #helping #income

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#around #aware #even #first #first time

If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#fda #food #health #information #interest

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. ↗

— James Dean

#belief #considerations #must #opinionated #prime

Behind the masks of total choice, different forms of the same alienation confront each other. ↗

— Guy Debord

#behind #choice #confront #different #each

Nature engenders the science of painting. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#nature #painting #science

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. ↗