E. O. Wilson Quotes
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to prove people wrong.
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.
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Five wives can't all be wrong.
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I love proving people wrong.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
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Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
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The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.
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In terms of political things, I think it's important to be more direct in terms of political statements. I think in terms of philosophical and things that you plant things and see them grow lyrically or musically, it's okay to be subtle.
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In later years I never put aside this kind of inquiry, that is, into the modes of thinking and representation embedded in a text, but I asked new questions about ways of writing and the forms and rituals of discourse. I began to look not only at what was stated or declared in a text, but also at what was suggested through expression, through performance.
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Pity is something only weakness wants.
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Be with Allah, You will find Allah with you.
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I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part of China or not. But this view isn't shared by most Chinese, or even the leaders of most Western democracies. As long as the Communist Party is in power, there is little hope for Tibet.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
