“The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.”
Commenting on After the Fall (1964) in The Saturday Evening Post (1 February 1964)
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Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“Once you have seen the larger patttern, you cannot go back to seeing the part as the whole.”
"A Man of the People", p. 140
Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
Context: “Lines and colors made with earth on earth may hold knowledge in them. All knowledge is local, all truth is partial,” Havzhiva said with an easy, colloquial dignity that he knew was an imitation of his mother, the Heir of the Sun, talking to foreign merchants. “No truth can make another truth untrue. All knowledge is a part of the whole knowledge. A true line, a true color. Once you have seen the larger patttern, you cannot go back to seeing the part as the whole."
But in truth an apple is everything but red.
Source: A Natural History of the Senses (1990), Chapter 5 “Vision” (p. 252)
Declaration of Conscience (1950)
Context: As an American, I condemn a Republican "Fascist" just as much as I condemn a Democrat "Communist." I condemn a Democrat "Fascist" just as much as I condemn a Republican "Communist." They are equally dangerous to you and me and to our country. As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.
Annotation: Hanyu's being asked what difference it makes for him to go into the 2020 World Championships as a challenger after being the considered favorite for the title in recent years.
CBC interview with Scott Russell
Original: (ja) えっと、まあ、チャレンジャーっていうことを言われますけど、でもいつも他のスケーターの良いところを追いかけてるし、他のスケーターに対してチャレンジしたいなって思ってるし、だからいつも自分はチャレンジャーだと思っていて、だから今シーズンの世界選手権でも先シーズンの世界選手権でも何も変わらないかなって思います。
Whatever you do, Brian, don't mention the deficit, Irish Independent, 3 December 2008, 2010-06-12 http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/whatever-you-do-brian-dont-mention-the-deficit-1561099.html,
Cowen's unwillingness to clarify in the Dáil, the post budget deficit.
2008
Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“and even the trees we walked
under
seemed
less than
trees
and more like everything
else.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense