"In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance."

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Source : Thomas Sydenham, Robert Gordon Latham (1848). “The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.”, p.14

Thomas Sydenham

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“The vision I see is not only a movement of direct democracy, of self- and co-determination and non-violence, but a movement in which politics means the power to love and the power to feel united on the spaceship Earth... In a world struggling in violence and dishonesty, the further development of non-violence - not only as a philosophy but as a way of life, as a force on the streets, in the market squares, outside the missile bases, inside the chemical plants and inside the war industry - becomes one of the most urgent priorities.”
“Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.”

Source : "America's Cheesiest Ex-Cop". Interview with Elena Ferretti, www.foxnews.com. July 26, 2010.
“It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.”
“Personally, I know the lifestyle I lead is really busy. If I want to watch an entire series of something, it usually has to be in one weekend. I'll dedicate two days to it because it's not the kind of thing I can come back to, every night. I think this is a really smart format.”
“My mother taught me that family comes first. It is engraved on my heart.”
“I would have been a Republican if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.”
“People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.”

Source : Uncommon Law (1935) "Is it a Free Country?"
“I think when comic book fans hear parallel dimensions or multiple dimensions they think of Earth 616 and Earth 617 and Earth 618. That's all possible.”

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