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“What a shocking bad hat!' was the phrase that was next in vogue. No sooner had it become universal, than thousands of idle but sharp eyes were on the watch for the passenger whose hat shewed any signs, however slight, of ancient service. Immediately the cry arose, and, like the war-whoop of the Indians, was repeated by a hundred discordant throats. He was a wise man who, finding himself under these circumstances 'the observed of all observers,' bore his honours meekly. He who shewed symptoms of ill-feeling at the imputations cast upon his hat, only brought upon himself redoubled notice. The mob soon perceive whether a man is irritable, and, if of their own class, they love to make sport of him. When such a man, and with such a hat, passed in those days through a crowded neighbourhood, he might think himself fortunate if his annoyances were confined to the shouts and cries of the populace. The obnoxious hat was often snatched from his head and thrown into the gutter by some practical joker, and then raised, covered with mud, upon the end of a stick, for the admiration of the spectators, who held their sides with laughter, and exclaimed, in the pauses of their mirth, 'Oh, what a shocking bad hat!' 'What a shocking bad hat!' Many a nervous poor man, whose purse could but ill spare the outlay, doubtless purchased a new hat before the time, in order to avoid exposure in this manner.”

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Book:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds, Volume 1
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“Jeg har blitt latterliggjort i landets største aviser, jeg har hatt folk stående utenfor vinduet mitt og rope skjellsord, og mamma og pappa har fått lange håndskrevne brev i posten om hvor stygg og jævlig barnet deres er. Men ingenting av det kan måle seg med å stå i dusjen, helt alene, og se på sitt eget underliv og dømme seg selv.”

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Book:Ting jeg har lært
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“Nostalji kavramının, konu edindiği döneme ait bir içgörü sağlamaktansa, dönemin sadece süslü bir ambalajını sunduğunu düşünüyorum. Nostalji eylemi geçmişte yapılanları metalaştırıyor, bir tüketim nesnesi haline getiriyor. Keyif verici bir maddeye dönüşüyor geçmiş, yan etkisi ise geçmişle bugünü objektif bir şekilde değerlendirme yetisini köreltmek oluyor. Geçmişin olumsuzlukları göz ardı edilirken, bugün ve gelecek acı verici bir karamsarlığa bürünüyor.”

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Book:Türkiye’de Ağır Müziğin Geçmişi
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“Only the possibility of a journey creates space because space, before and after, becomes (is) the same; only the Way on a journey creates time, and the idea of the goal gives birth to time. Time does not measure time but the length of a passed road. The journey is space since nothing journeys (travels) from one to another or apart from one another. Nothing is ever separated; rather, all travel with all; all looks for itself within and in the other, and every path is the idea of the Being that finds itself on its journey because it is the Way.”

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Book:ABSOLUTE
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