[quote,humanity] Emanuel Derman QotD
May. 13th, 2007 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Дерман о падонках.
I used to detest vulgarity, but that was long ago. Now I don't mind it too much. In the good sense, vulgarity can be the recognition of the essential identity between yourself and the crowds. You're born in a pretty vulgar way, and you certainly die that way, and only somewhere in the middle of that trajectory can you afford to think badly of it.
William Butler Yeats: Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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Date: 2007-05-13 08:13 pm (UTC)С другой стороны -- "We're all in the gutter, but some are looking at the stars" (кажется, Уайльд).
Весь вопрос в том, признаешь ли ты свою идентичность толпе или нет.
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Date: 2007-05-13 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-13 08:30 pm (UTC)