"People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant."

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Source : James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.44, The New Press

Helen Keller

#Sad Quotes #Stars Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“And now that Thou has restored to me the knowledge of Thyself, O Lord, let thy pardon fall on me, since Thy infinite mercy is not better known in anything than in pardoning a Dismas (the traditional name of the good thief) on the Cross and a Dominicus Corea on the gallows. If in Hell there is room for sinners, in Heaven also there is room for penitents.”

Source : The last address of King Dominicus Corea on the gallows in Colombo before he was executed by the Portugues; as quoted in "Great Sinhalese Men and Women of History - Edirille Bandara (Domingos Corea)" by John M. Senaveratna, 1937.
“The provision of health care facilities must be accepted as a social responsibility. It is not that an individual who has the misfortune to be inflicted with some particular disease is solely responsible for searching the facilities to cure his illness. This is a social responsibility which is accepted by governments all over the world. This is part and parcel of the organization of individuals into societies. It is a measure of the degree of civilization.”
“I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important that if you have those sorts of backgrounds you don't impose them on other people as a clinician, of course.”
“Hysteria means the same thing with either laughter or tears.”
“I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?”

Source : "Book news and notes, June 12". www.sfgate.com. June 12, 2011.
“I've been lucky and have played some interesting characters - I'd quite like to play Sweeny Todd.”
“A Chinese paleontologist lectures around the world saying that recent fossil finds in his country are inconsistent with the Darwinian theory of evolution. His reason: The major animal groups appear abruptly in the rocks over a relatively short time, rather than evolving gradually from a common ancestor as Darwin's theory predicts. When this conclusion upsets American scientists, he wryly comments: "In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin."”
“WE HAD AN AMAZING STAY AT SURF AND SUNSET VILLA. THE WHOLE FAMILY REALLY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY AND THE SURF WAS GREAT!”

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