"We must not leap to the fatalistic conclusion that we are stuck with the conceptual scheme that we grew up in. We can change it, bit by bit, plank by plank, though meanwhile there is nothing to carry us along but the evolving conceptual scheme itself. The philosopher's task was well compared by Neurath to that of a mariner who must rebuild his ship on the open sea."

-- Willard Van Orman Quine

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“Reince has produced a fully funded, superbly staffed and technologically advanced strategy to position the GOP to win in '14 and '16, and he has done so via an inclusive outreach to all branches of the party while staying out of the bunker and in the MSM on a 24/7 basis. The Republicans cannot ask for more from the RNC than they have gotten and the political battlefield is as well prepared as it has been since 2004 as a result.”
“Itâ€™s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. Itâ€™s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension.”
“That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype.”
“The very first discovery of beauty strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.”
“Get your mind unbound and free; and then from the loosest, highest, best place you have, with the fastest and most humorous mind you can get together, you can reach out and make a try at understanding Spirit.”
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
“I knew what I was doing, but I never really considered the magnitude of how my images were transformative to people.”
“I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.”

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