Bertrand Russell Quotes
I don't care for the applause one gets by saying what others are thinking; I want actually to change people's thoughts. Power over people's minds is the main personal desire of my life; and this sort of power is not acquired by saying popular things.
Bertrand Russell
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I think I'm right-brained, incapable of managing my way out of a brown paper bag.
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Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
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A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one family into another.
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I don't care for the applause one gets by saying what others are thinking; I want actually to change people's thoughts. Power over people's minds is the main personal desire of my life; and this sort of power is not acquired by saying popular things.
Bertrand Russell