"When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share."

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“It is inconceivable that anything should be existing. It is not inconceivable that a lot of people should also be existing who are not interested in the fact that they exist. But it is certainly very odd.”

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“People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.”

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