"I believe, that empirically informed approaches to the question have issued in more illuminating answers than the old armchair approaches. But I think that it would be a terrible mistake to give up on addressing normative questions in epistemology."

-- Hilary Kornblith

#Giving Up Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Believe Quotes

“White peopleâ€™s number one freedom, in the United States of America, is the freedom to be totally ignorant of those who are other than white. We donâ€™t have to learn about those who are other than white. And our number two freedom is the freedom to deny that weâ€™re ignorant.”
“Proud, then, clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend!”
“I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.”
“We are moving toward a global economy. One way of approaching that is to pull the covers over your head. Another is to say: It may be more complicated - but that's the world I am going to live in, I might as well be good at it.”
“You don't have the power to make rainbows or waterfalls, sunsets or roses, but you do have the power to bless people by your words and smiles You carry within you the power to make the world better.”
“You made a sacrifice. And heaven rewarded you.”
“Never do things that you will regret later.”
“If I've learned one thing in life, it's you can never go back.”

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