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“A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.”

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Leonard J. V. Compagno

Leonard J. V. Compagno is an expert in an unknown field, born in 1943. more

“It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques.”

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“Even today no computer can understand language as well as a three-year-old or see as well as a mouse.”

Years Wells Today Three Language Computer Three Years Mice Three Year Olds

Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible. This was once achieved by extensive deprivation. Today in the developed countries it is being achieved by imposing a false standard of what is and what is not desirable.”

Country Today Interest Standards Capitalism Majority Desirable Exploits Imposing Deprivation Developed Country

Author:John Berger

“Without the instruments and accumulated knowledge of the natural sciences... humans are trapped in a cognitive prison. They are like intelligent fish born in a deep shallowed pool. Wondering and restless, longing to reach out, they think about the world outside. They invent ingenious speculations and myths about the origin of the confining waters, of the sun and the sky and the stars above , and the meaning of their own existence. But they are wrong, always wrong because the world is too remote from ordinary experience to be merely imagined.”

“Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.”

Knowing

Author:Ramana Maharshi

“The key to success is often the ability to adapt”

Ability Keys Key To Success Ability To Adapt

Author:Anthony Brandt

“Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva full day.”

Thinking Laughing Cry Each Day

Author:Jim Valvano

“To control your nerves, you must have a positive thought in your mind.”

Mind Nerves Positive Thoughts

Author:Byron Nelson

“No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough.”

I Can Ends Enough Power Too Much Car Wheels Racing Spinning Gears Not Good Enough Top Gear Too Much Power Motorsports

Author:Mark Donohue

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