Patterns within patterns

The propulsion by the universality of thought is the absolute worth of civilization.~Philosophy of Right (1821)-Hegel

“Fuckin failures in a country of failures. Its nae good blamin it oan the English fir colonising us. Ah don't hate the English. They're just wankers. We are colonised by wankers. We can't even pick a decent, vibrant healthy society to be colonised by. No..we are ruled by effete arseholes. What does that make us? The lowest of the low, the scum of the earth. The most wretched servile, miserable, pathetic trash that was ever shat intae creation. Ah don't hate the English. They just git oan wis the shite thev got. Ah hate the Scots.” ― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. 
What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can't decipher. what we can't understand we call nonsense. What we can't read we call gibberish.There is no free will. There are no variables.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

On Zee surface

“Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h06XFf0nJ5M

incapable of seeing

“A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” ― Blaise Pascal

(16,000 hits)- crude sexual overtures

“I understand that the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of sound achieved by the pig.” ― Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock developed an almost-crazed obsession with her, and when she rejected his advances, he made her life a living hell both on and off the movie sets, the former model says. He bombarded her with crude sexual overtures and ruthlessly tried to control every aspect of her life.~Tippi Hedren

“I had to get out of there,” she recalls. “I was dealing with one of the most powerful men in motion pictures and it was difficult, embarrassing and insulting. He said, 'If you leave, I’ll ruin your career.’ And he did.”

Ceeing

“There is no such things as darkness, only a failure to see.” ― Malcolm Muggeridge

“A sans culotte always has his Sabre well sharpened, ready to cut off the ears of all opponents of the revolution.” Anonymous pamphlet -

superior personality

“To the Jacobins of this epoch [the French Revolution], as well as to those of our times, this popular entity constitutes a superior personality possessing attributes peculiar to the gods of never having to answer for their actions and never making a mistake. Their wishes must be humbly acceded to. The people may kill, burn, ravage, commit the most frightening cruelties, glorify their hero today and throw him into the gutter tomorrow, it is all the same; the politicians will not cease to vaunt the people's virtues and to bow to their every decision.” ― Gustave Le Bon, The Psychology of Revolution

“Ninety-three" was the war of Europe against France, and of France against Paris. And what was the Revolution? It was the victory of France over Europe, and of Paris over France. Hence the immensity of that terrible moment?, '93, greater than all the rest of the century” ― Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three

get away=get away

“Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.” ― Jean-Paul Marat

Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something? (Quote by - Tennessee Williams)

Robespierre

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” ― Maximilien de Robespierre

POPularity contest

Irving Berlin ~Talent is only the starting point.

“Talent is unfair and undemocratic; it's also inarguable.” ― Tricia Tunstall, Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson

“it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent.” ― Andrew James Pritchard

vile and despicable

“What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XfmRZAQ-o

talent is a species

“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. (Eric Hoffer 1902-1983)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxDJKPT7qQ8