Bertrand Russell Quotes
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell
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A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.
Madeleine L'Engle
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
Os Guinness
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
J. P. Morgan
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Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
Cameron Winklevoss
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A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.
Ian Frazier
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Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.
Eric Lynn Wright
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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Edmund Waller
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I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
Sam Harris
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This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
Sam Brownback
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It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don't read anymore.
Eddy Cue
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Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.
Abel Korzeniowski
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
Marilyn vos Savant
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A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.
Stewart Udall
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Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom.
Abraham Lincoln
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When I was younger, I didn't understand how a mother could put her son on a plane and just say, you know, 'Here you go, I'll see you later.' And she never followed, she never came.
Jose Antonio Vargas
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell
