Matthew Crawford quotes
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“What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?”
-- Matthew CrawfordSource : Matthew Crawford (2010). “The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good”, p.12, Penguin UK
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“We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).”
-- Matthew CrawfordSource : Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.146, Penguin
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“The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.”
-- Matthew CrawfordSource : Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.71, Penguin
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“It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.”
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“Out of the current confusion of ideals and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.”
-- Matthew CrawfordSource : Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.12, Penguin
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“All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.”
Source : "Six Second Screenplay Tips from Screenwriter Brian Koppelman (on Vine!)" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. September 27, 2013.
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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