Minutes of a Monday #39
#minutesofamonday #39
Brain Food > a plaything for devils
“You will always be the prey of the plaything of the devils and fools in this world, if you expect to see them going about with horns or jangling their bells. And it should be borne in mind that, in their intercourse with others, people are like the moon: they show you only one of their sides. Every man has an innate talent for…and making a mask out of his physiognomy, so that he can always look as if he really were what he pretends to be…and its effect is extremely deceptive.
He dons his mask whenever his object is to flatter himself into one’s good opinion; and you may pay just as much attention to it as if it were made of wax or cardboard.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Soul Food
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”
Sir Isaac Newton
LOL
Actor Kevin Pollak reveals how even De Niro gets heckled:
Appendix
“…and what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And…you have to let life be life.”
Richard Dreyfuss responds to diversity plans for the Oscar
AOB
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