"But, as Bacon has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of confusion, and my experience teaches me that it is better to hold a well-understood and intelligible opinion, even if it should turn out to be wrong, than to be content with a muddle-headed mixture of conflicting views, sometimes miscalled impartiality, and often no better than no opinion at all."

-- William Bayliss

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“I always try to hit a few areas when I'm making a record; I want the sounds to be experimental and exploratory, I want the drumming to be distinctive, and I want my voice to be able to shine through.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Philosophy ought to be able to give an account of rationality that is not wholly detached from science's account of nature, even if it is not straightforwardly reducible to it.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.”
“After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.”

Source : "Cynthia Ozick, The Art of Fiction No. 95". Interview with Tom Teicholz, www.theparisreview.org. Spring 1987.
“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or itâ€™s really hard to catch.”
“I'm lonely, but everyone is lonely So at least I know I'm not alone.”
“Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way.”
“Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.”

Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2002). “Time and Chance”, p.291, Penguin

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