"How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?"

-- Bill Nye

#Inquiry Quotes #Our Society Quotes #Resistance Quotes

“I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
“A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, trying to capture shooting stars.”
“And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.”
“My priority going forward is to be able to be involved in things like the farm and fighting hunger events, and then doing things to give back to charity, and staying involved in agriculture and farming, and building that.”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because theyve been on reality TV or something.”
“They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.”
“Sweet is pleasure after pain.”
“Modern presidential debating only started with Richard Nixon and John F.Kennedy in 1960, although the proximity of that to the Lincoln-Douglas centennial is more than accidental. The reason is, I think, the medium. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were talking, but the talking was in terms of logic, development, and reasoning. Television, as a medium, resists those qualities in speaking - it favors quick cuts, one-liners, and talking points. I think the modern debates are largely the prisoners of the televised medium”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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