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“When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate — may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself.”
Source : "Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker". Book edited by Clifford Mead and Thomas Hager, 2001.
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“Come to my house and you'll see if I'm gay. And bring your sister.”
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“Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.”
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“Normal is all relative.”
Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.”
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“I don't know if I'm the husky guy, but I'm the sexy guy who's a good kisser .”
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“Youthfulness is connected to the ability to see things new for the first time. So if your eyes still look at life with wonder, then you will seem young, even though you may not be chronologically young.”
Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2006.
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“You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.”