Quote by David Bohm
Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture? – David Bohm

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In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe. – David Bohm

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Universe, The
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Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. Its like going to the doctor and having him make you ill. In fact, in 20% of medical cases we do apparently have that going on. But in the case of thought, its far over 20%. – David Bohm

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Medical
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Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale. – David Bohm

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communication
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Conformity & Nonconformity
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Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. – Eric Hoffer

The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible. – James Baldwin

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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Knowledge

Im pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. Ill act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general. – Steve Blake

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Sports

My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father. – Wendy Liebman

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mom

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

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Poetry