"Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?"

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Peter Hitchens

#Thinking Quotes #Taught Quotes #Debate Quotes

“What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there.”
“Sometimes you think that you need to be perfect, that you cannot make mistakes ... realize you are a human being - like everyone else capable of reaching great potential but not capable of being perfect.”
“Those were my children being slaughtered.”
“Say what you want about it, Hell is story-friendly... The mechanisms of hell are nicely attuned to the mechanisms of narrative. Not so the pleasures of Paradise. Paradise is not a story. It's about what happens when the stories are over.”
“I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war, and I'll never get him back.”
“I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.”

Source : "Elena Anaya: Almodóvar's new leading lady" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.
“Nonsense makes the heart grow fonder.”
“Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.”

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