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We must not just patch and tinker with life. we must keep renewing it. embrace novelty and uniqueness.
-William James
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We Must Not Just Patch And Tinker

William James
We must not just patch and tinker with life. we must keep renewing it. embrace novelty and uniqueness.
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Does patch have a restraining order against him?' he read. 'is patch a felon?' 'give-me-that!' i hissed furiously. patch gave a soft laugh, and i knew he'd seen the next question. 'does patch have a girlfriend?
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Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. but we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. we patch and tinker more than we renew. the novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.
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But instead of taking the cue to leave, patch crossed to scott in three steps. he flung him around to face the wall. scott tried to get his bearings, but patch slammed him against the wall again, disorienting him further. “touch her,” he said in scott’s ear, his voice low and threatening, “and it’ll be the biggest regret of your life.” before leaving, patch flicked his eyes once in my direction. “he’s not worth it.” he paused. “and neither am i.
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Magazines in the traditional sense were aggregators of novelty. a good magazine was a lot of novelty, stuff you've never heard of before, clearly aggregated by people who have been able to travel further and dig deeper than you have been able to do. and that used to be really an important source of stuff for me. and now it is less important because the internet has eaten it all up. but my twitter feed as an aggregator of novelty is like... i don't know what i would do if it became any more powerful, i would have to start reining it in somehow.
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