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Quote by Milan Kundera
A worker may be the hammers master, but the hammer still prevails.

A worker may be the hammers master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. – Milan Kundera

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The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone. – Milan Kundera

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People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because theyre going deaf, it has to be played louder still. – Milan Kundera

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