"We live in a world that is subjectively open. And we are designed by evolution to be "informavores", epistemically hungry seekers of information, in an endless quest to improve our purchase on the world, the better to make decisions about our subjectively open future."

-- Daniel Dennett

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“Id love a werebear. But I guess you need that seductive element of danger. And though bears can be dangerous, when you say werebear it just sounds kind of cuddly. Probably has a rainbow on his belly.”
“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you.”
“I also like Western classical music and jazz.”
“Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.”
“My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.”
“You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.”

Source : "MEREDITH WHITNEY: The Banks Are Breaking Up Now Whether They Like It Or Not" by Linette Lopez, www.businessinsider.com. July 25, 2012.
“I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.”
“The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of contemplation for the works of mercy as soon as they perceive in their heart the invitation of Christ.”

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