In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot
-Miłosz, Nobel Lecture 1980
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Ohhhh. One of those quotes that divides bone from marrow. Wow. Thank you.
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”In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. And, alas, a temptation to pronounce it, similar to an acute itching, becomes an obsession which doesn't allow one to think of anything else.”
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In a room where people think alike, no one is thinking much.
(Paraphrasing Walter Lipmann’s quote)
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"Don't rock the boat!"
Dare you disturb the stable Swamp!?
Thank you for sharing such a lovely observation of a great man.
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