"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

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Source : "A Cult of Ignorance". Newsweek, January 21, 1980.

Isaac Asimov

#Ignorance Quotes #Mean Quotes #Political Quotes

“I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.”
“Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life.”
“I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.”
“There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest problem confronting mankind at this time and that it has reached the level of a state of emergency.”
“We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.”
“I'm a little bit of a control freak.”
“Thatâ€™s why people who seek out group flow often join startups or work for themselves. Serial entrepreneurs keep starting new business as much for the flow experience, as for the additional success.”
“I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.”

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