"Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny ."

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Source : Simone Weil (1978). “Lectures on Philosophy”, p.103, Cambridge University Press

Simone Weil

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“Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.”
“But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.”

Source : "Nick Frost Talks UNFINISHED BUSINESS, TINTIN 2, THE HUNTSMAN, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 11, 2015.
“We showed why road games have been tough for us throughout this year. That's where we've got to get better. It's a learning experience.”
“Many Democrats have a pre-9/11 worldview.”
“We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to judging public figures or politicians or people we've never met, we tend to hold people to very high standards, and, if we held ourselves to those standards, we'd always fall short.”
“The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.”

Source : John Burroughs (1913). “The Writings of John Burroughs”
“I think part of being an artist is having the ability to define your own responsibilities. I certainly wouldn't prescribe any. As far as I'm concerned, my biggest responsibility is to my own imagination. We're all conduits. Art preceded me, and it'll be here long after I'm gone.”
“I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.”

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