September 29th, 2011 at 8:26PM
littlegreybook: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald i kinda thought this was an Orwellian concept. but idea still holds water nonetheless (:  

littlegreybook:

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

i kinda thought this was an Orwellian concept. but idea still holds water nonetheless (:  

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    i kinda thought this was an Orwellian concept. but idea...holds water nonetheless (:
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    Um, I thought that was Double-think… But then I’m more of a fan of Orwell than Fitzgerald. Unless we’re talking about...
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