"Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak."

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Source : Ernest Gellner (1959). “Words and Things: A Critical Account of Linguistic Philosophy and a Study in Ideology”

Ernest Gellner

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“Good friends must not always be together; It is the feeling of oneness when distant That proves a lasting friendship.”

Source : Susan Polis Schutz (1974). “Peace flows from the sky”, Blue Mountain Press
“I like the authentic object, and I have no problem paying sixty dollars for a T-shirt if it fits me really well and it's really well made. I like unassuming clothes.”
“Do not be content with an imaginary god.”
“The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.”
“I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.”
“Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?”
“Aw, no. Youâ€™re taking us to that vegetarian place, arenâ€™t you? Itâ€™s a coffee place. You canâ€™t just automatically classify anything that isnâ€™t a steak house as vegetarian. Yes, I can. This is America. You said Americans assert their own opinions as if they were facts and dismiss inconvenient facts as mere opinions.”
“You can't simply redefine Jerusalem. The Palestinian claim is based on legality, on the international recognition that the situation created by the war in '67 is not valid.”

Source : "Rabin legacy casts long shadow over Barak, peace process" by Jerrold Kessel, www.cnn.com. November 3, 1999.

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