"Philosophy must never be divorced from action. Unless it is put into practice, philosophy is nothing more than an intellectual game."

-- Josei Toda

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“Here's the thing about people who believe in god... They're idiots.”
“If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more.”
“Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.”

Source : Susan Blackmore (2013). “Consciousness: An Introduction”, p.359, Routledge
“I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to stories. It resonates, in a way.”
“We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.”
“We should spend less time at universities filling our students' minds with content by lecturing at them, and more time igniting their creativity â€¦ by actually talking with them.”
“To choose to write is to reject silence.”

Source : "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Fear of causing offence becomes a fetish'" by Nicole Lee, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2015.
“Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of the Troubles.”

Source : "Manning and Snowden light path for the US to return to its better self" by Yochai Benkler, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2013.

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