“A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.”
History and Utopia (1960)
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Arthur C. Clarke book Richter 10
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Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
De Abaitua interview (1998)
Context: We are all the aggregate of the ideas about us, including our own ideas about us. That is all that any of us can be considered as – units of information in a sea of information. When you get to a certain point, there is not much more to it than information. <!-- Which for our terms is practically synonymous with language, because that is the only way we understand information, in one sort of language or another.
A. James Gregor (1929–2019) American political scientist
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“I liked movies so much that they became an obsession. I am still trying to kick the habit.”
Christoffer Boe (1974) Danish filmmaker
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“Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea, they become powerless when they oppose it.”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
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