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The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

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“Humans have this remarkable ability to know and not to know at the same time. Or more correctly, they can know something when they really think about it, but most of the time they don't think about it, so they don't know it. If you really focus, you realise that money is fiction. But usually, you don't focus. If you are asked about it, you know that football is a human invention. But in the heat of the match, nobody asks you about it.”

“Kit: Is all this [visit to Northern Ireland] doin' your head in? Rodney: Bloody Hell, no, anything but. I've really enjoyed myself. Peter's soddin' hilarious, he really is. It's just a bit weird, that's all. And all of you being so used to it, that makes it even weirder. I mean, you've got those guys in there [the British soldiers], and that story of Peter's... There might have really been a bomb, but to him, it's just a funny story to tell... Kit: Aye, which is how you know people are really gettin' used to somethin'-- they laugh at it. An' those fellas in there were just part of the queue, part of the background. An' that's the way it is. Most've the time.”

“Seorang manusia tidak dapat bertahan terhadap kekalahan ganda. Itu adalah rahasia dari upaya mereka yang berkesinambungan untuk mendapatkan kekuasaan. Mereka mendapatkan suatu perasaan keunggulan dari kekuasaan mereka terhadap orang lain. Hal ini membuat mereka merasa menang daripada menderita kekalahan. Jadi tersembunyi kenyataan betapa kosongnya mereka itu dari dalam, sekalipun terhadap kesan kebesaran yang mereka usahakan menyebarluaskan ke sekeliling mereka. Satu-satunya hal yang mereka inginkan.”

“A human mind that has a hold over its prejudices is like the fabled philosopher's stone, everything it touches turns to gold, whereas a savage mind which is run by its prejudices is like an infectious disease, wherever it goes it causes death and destruction.”