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“I went to school with a guy named Truxton. He and I played football together, and he knocked me out once because he's bigger and strong than I am.”
Source : "Q&A – Henry Bromell (Executive Producer)". AMC interview, www.amc.com.
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“While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds immense prestige in our society. Religion is the one area of our discourse where it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about. It is telling that this aura of nobility extends only to those faiths that still have many subscribers. Anyone caught worshipping Poseidon, even at sea, will be thought insane.”
Source : Sam Harris (2006). “Letter to a Christian Nation”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“I have one speed, I have one gear: go!”
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“If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.”
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“There is, happily, no limit to the faith of human nature in believing what it wants to believe.”
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“Success breeds a disregard of the possibility of failure.”
Source : Hyman Minsky (2008). “Stabilizing an Unstable Economy”, McGraw Hill Professional
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“I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.”
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“Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all”