“Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.” SinAtheismCrimeGrewBecomingOriginalsVictimMiseryPositive AtheismDoctrineDelusionHelplessWitchcraftCelibacyOriginal SinAsceticism Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.” ThinkingPersonsImportantGuyHappenedBecomingOriginalsImportant ThingsMeetingsCastsCablesBrooks Author:Owen Wilson
“I decided to do philosophy at university, with a view to becoming a professional philosopher. Being a rather unstable character, at some points I had doubts about becoming a professional philosopher, but the example of two of my teachers, Ezequiel de Olaso and Juan Rodriguez Larreta, made me confirm my original decision.” MadeTwoPhilosophyCharacterDecisionViewsDoubtTeacherExampleBecomingDecidedOriginalsUniversityPhilosopherUnstableJuan Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original and creative instead of tedious and dronelike.” PeopleWritingJobsYoungArtistCreativeBecomingAdultsOriginalsTediousNerdy Author:David Foster Wallace
“When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.” PeopleSelfGovernmentChoicesFightingToo MuchBecomingExerciseOriginalsDefenseBetraySelf DefenseToo Much Power Author:Alexander Hamilton
“Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short.” RealityFallMemoriesBecomingOriginalsReconstructionFrame Of Reference Book:Heretics of Dune Source: Heretics of Dune