“If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.”
— Hans Eysenck
Author: Hans Eysenck
Category: truth
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In April 1991, after the Gulf war,
“In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.”
— Tony Blair
Author: Tony Blair
Category: war
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My mom died when I was 16
“My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.”
— Travis Barker
Author: Travis Barker
Category: mom
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One can decide that the principal role
“One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.”
— Jean-Francois Lyotard
Author: Jean-Francois Lyotard
Category: knowledge
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This war is not about slavery.
“This war is not about slavery.”
— Robert E. Lee
Author: Robert E. Lee
Category: war
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It pays to know the enemy –
“It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.”
— Margaret Thatcher
Author: Margaret Thatcher
Category: time
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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and
“Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.”
— Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
Category: nature
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Europe cannot survive another world war.
“Europe cannot survive another world war.”
— Christian Lous Lange
Author: Christian Lous Lange
Category: war
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One of the reasons I wanted to
“One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.”
— Stephanie Beacham
Author: Stephanie Beacham
Category: sad
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People talk about mumblecore but I prefer
“People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.”
— Mindy Kaling
Author: Mindy Kaling
Category: movies
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The compensation of a very early success
“The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Category: romantic
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