"The fact that we have been able to develop a successful science, which issues in ever more accurate predictions and broader explanations, is the real ground for confidence that we are in a position to gain knowledge of the world around us. At the same time, one might ask how it is that the cognitive equipment we have came about, and here, no doubt, our evolutionary origins are relevant."

-- Hilary Kornblith

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“Iâ€™m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also arenâ€™t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and donâ€™t want to be around them.”
“I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.”
“...time was not passing...it was turning in a circle...”
“An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.”

Source : Jack Myers, Richard Hugo (1982). “A Trout in the milk: a composite portrait of Richard Hugo”, Confluence Press
“At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Wikis and social networking are just tools.”
“I like people in general, which is why it's fun for me to interact with my fans.”

Source : "James Maslow of Big Time Rush Interview". Interview with Kara McGrath, www.seventeen.com. January 11, 2012.
“So much beauty in the world, so few eyes to see it.”

Source : "How to Stop Time" by Anna Della Subin, www.nytimes.com. September 26, 2014.

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