"What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past."

-- Robert Nozick

#Past Quotes #Literature Quotes #Assumption Quotes

“Iâ€™ve always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard itâ€™s been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once youâ€™ve given something planetary status itâ€™s kind of mean to take it away.”
“Along with the GI Bill, which educated and housed Eisenhower's fellow veterans, the Interstate System has proved to be by far the most important economic-development strategy of the federal government.”
“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.”

Source : Arthur Miller (2015). “The Crucible”, p.155, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”
“The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.”
“I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.”
“We're continuing to evolve into what we think we can do, and you know that takes a little bit of times sometimes to figure out what you're really good at and what you can hang her hat on per se, and I think we're learning that each week that goes by.”
“I think that the ideals of youth are fine, clear and unencumbered; and that the real art of living consists in keeping alive the conscience and sense of values we had when we were young.”

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