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Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnson

Barbara Johnson was an accomplished author whose works were renowned for their profound insights and unique style. Her life and writing career provided readers with a rich reading experience. more

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“কলেজে আই.এ. পড়ার সময় কোলরিজের 'রাইম অফ দি অ্যানসেন্ট ম্যারিনার' পাঠ্য ছিল। অধ্যাপক উইলিং সাসপেনশন অফ ডিসবিলিফ বলে একটা সাহিত্যিক জাদুর কথা বলেছিলেন। অপ্রাকৃত কাহিনি পড়ার আগে পাঠক মনকে প্রস্তুত করে নেয়, তার অবিশ্বাসকে সাময়িকভাবে মুলতুবি রাখে।”

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Book:তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক সমগ্র
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“You know, intelligence is massively overrated as an adaptive trait. Seriously. Dinosaurs, pretty dumb, right? And yet they survived for a hundred and sixty-seven million years. And we, homo sapiens—geniuses by comparison—only have about 200,000 years so far. But with our huge cranial cavities, they're so small. We already have the capacity to annihilate ourselves. I doubt we even make it to one million. We don't rule the earth. We just think we do. I mean, sure, we're changing the environment but that makes us the ones to worry about—not the planet. When the earth gets tired of us, believe me, it will shake us off like a summer cold. Of all species that have existed on Earth, 99.99% of them are extinct. Survival is a long shot.”

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Author:Dr. Henry Loomis
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“Both sides knew that discrediting Burt was an appealing way of discrediting this ideas—even in science, evidence rarely stands or falls on its own merits, but by the reputation of its champions. A genius therefore becomes the human embodiment of a political argument—and smashing the genius’ reputation is a more compelling way of demolishing that argument than a tedious, footnoted appeal to the facts.”

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Book:The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea
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“Do you know, do you know that mankind can still continue to live without the Englishman, can continue without Germany, can continue all too well without the Russian, can continue without science, can continue without bread - it is only without beauty that we cannot continue, for there will be nothing at all to do in the world! That's where the whole secret lies, that's where the whole of history lies! Science itself would not last a minute without beauty - do you know about that, you who are laughing now? - it would turn into loutishness, you wouldn't even be able to invent the nail!”

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Book:Demons
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