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Donald Davidson

"There are three basic problems: how a mind can know the world of nature, how it is possible for one mind to know another, and how it is possible to know the contents of our own minds without resort to observation or evidence. It is a mistake, I shall urge, to suppose that these questions can be collapsed into two, or taken into isolation."

Source : Donald Davidson (2001). “Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective: Philosophical Essays”, p.208, Clarendon Press

Donald Davidson

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“I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don't sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.”
“The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses to believe that perfection has been attained.... There is no thrill or joy in merely doing that which any one can do.... It is always safe to assume, not that the old way is wrong, but that there may be a better way.”
“There is only one difference between teacher and disciple: the former is slightly less afraid than the latter.â€ ~Deidre Oâ€™Neill, known as Edde (p. 213)”
“The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa.”
“To ignore death and to be afraid of it is dumb because everyone is going to face it at some point. If you look at death and the reality of it, you realize that weâ€™re all going to die, so letâ€™s use this time on Earth to be positive and do good things.”

Source : "What the players said" by Dirk von Gehlen, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2006.
“I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.”
“There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.”

Source : "The Tale Bearers: English and American Writers" by Random House, (p. 36), 1980.
“Focus on what you can do rather than stress about what you have no control over.”

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