"Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Facts Quotes #Belief Quotes

“To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.”
“Google is my rapid response research assistant. It's the Swiss Army knife of information retrieval.”
“Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.”

Source : Interview with Michael Jarrett, www2.york.psu.edu. November 8, 1987.
“Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind.”
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

Source : "Dreams" l. 1 (1929)
“Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things go awry, rather than help directly they raise questions: 'Could you explain this step again? How did you... ?”
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
“...go in the direction your head is pointed in.”

Source : Jung Chang (2008). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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