"People have been so encouraged by society to focus on apparent differences that they fail to see meaningful similarities among ideas, individuals, and groups."
Related:
- Truly innovative ideas do not arise from groups of people,
but from individuals. When groups try to be creative... - Many people believe that a few individuals or small groups (family,
friends, teachers, celebrities, for example) have caused... - The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals.
The most significant events and trends in history were... - People in groups tend to agree on courses of action which as individuals,
they know are stupid... - To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write with the assumption
that one out of a hundred people who read one's work may be dying,
or have some loved one dying; to write so that no one... - People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in
working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever
anything really meaningful to say.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Breakfast of... - People see what they have been conditioned to see; they refuse to
see what they don't expect to see.
Merle P.... - The bombardment of visual images in contemporary society
has the effect of making people less able to focus... - On the other hand, the TCP camp also has a phrase for OSI people.
There are lots of phrases. My favorite is `nitwit'...
From the same category:
- The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world.
After studying the discipline, we see the same world... - Education should be equally devoted to enriching the
personal lives of students and to training students... - Artists should pay little attention to their critics.* Criticism tends to undermine and constrain the artist's creativity."
*those who evaluate works of art,
such as novels, films, music, paintings... - Technology is a necessary but not always a positive
force in modern life... - Both parents and communities must be involved in the local schools.
Education is too important to leave solely to a group...
