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Wars are not fought for territory, but for words. Man's deadliest weapon is language. He is as susceptible to being hypnotized by slogans as he is to infectious diseases. And where there is an epidemic, the group-mind takes over.
— Arthur Koestler
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A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.
— Arthur Koestler
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
— Arthur Koestler
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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
— Arthur Koestler
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Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.
— Arthur Koestler
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Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.
— Arthur Koestler
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