Quote of the day

[kat_lair]

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"...people grow only by processes of encountering the unknown. Things and persons which are strange may upset familiar ideas and received truths: unfamiliar terrain serves a positive function in the life of a human being. The function it serves is to accustom the human being to take risks." (Sennett, 1976: 295)

Full Ref:
Sennett, R. (1976) The Fall of Public Man. London: Penguin.

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Comments

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Heh I like that, and I understood it as well without having to read it more than once :)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I really liked that quote as well, been saving some form readings I've been doing so have a few more to post this month.

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Hee. Like I've been saving pictures.