"Skepticism is my only gospel, but I don't want to make a dogma out of it."

-- Learned Hand

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“A fav'rite has no friend!”

Source : Thomas Gray, Thomas PARK (F.S.A.) (1808). “The poetical works of Thomas Gray, etc. With a separate titlepage bearing the imprint of John Sharpe, London, dated 1805”, p.12
“It was Rachel Carson's famous book 'Silent Spring' that got me involved with the environment. I read it in The New Yorker, in installments. Up to then, I'd thought the main job to do is help the meek inherit the Earth. And I still, that's a job that's got to be done. But I realized if we didn't do something soon, what the meek would inherit would be a pretty poisonous place to live.”
“There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.”
“Monumental is not a matter of size.”
“Science and art are not opposed.”
“What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.”
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
“When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”

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