"Myths often do a lot of theoretical good, while they are still new."

-- Gilbert Ryle

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“Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this double allegiance.”
“It is great fun dying in the United States of America. It is great fun first of all for the undertakers who make a wonderful living out of it but also for the deceased who suddenly becomes the centre of attention and fuss.”
“There's nothing you can take for granted; not a single day, not a single minute, not a single relationship.”
“"Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it comes from Tradition, or because you have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect. Believe, take for your doctrine, and hold true to that, which, after serious investigation, seems to you to further the welfare of all beings."”
“Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.”
“I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around.”
“Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability.”
“Gentlemen don't propose when they're eating.”

Source : "Fictional character: Carol Beldon". "Mrs. Miniver", www.imdb.com. 1942.

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