"Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“You go to truth by way of poetry and I go to poetry by way of truth.”

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"Does Michael Jackson or Archie Bunker or the president of General Motors need to know about quantum mechanics? Of course not. You can live a full life without that. But if you don’t believe that the u…"

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Science1951

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"What the poet has in mind . . . is that poetic value is an intrinsic value. It is not the value of knowledge. It is not the value of faith. It is the value of imagination. The poet tries to exemplify …"

— Wallace Stevens

Business1879–1955

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"Does anyone come back from this? I don't know the answer to that, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let this destroy me."

— Paul Reubens

Entertainment1952–2023

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"umans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves—thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am ok…"

— Warren Farrell

Science1943

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