"[I am a humble adherent of]...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism."

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Ernest Gellner

#Humble Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes

“The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life.”
“Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.”
“Our nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty.”
“I've played some good villains, in the last few years. I'm good where I'm at. But it is fun playing villains, for sure.”
“If there is an â€˜overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some ideal state of public debate -- then action disfavoring that idea might â€˜un-skew,' rather than skew, public discourse.”
“Theres a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little written about a mans change of life.”
“Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It`s really worth it.”

Source : "Need to know: Bryan Cranston dedicated his Emmy to 'Sneaky Pete.' Who is he?" by Abby Devora, www.mtv.com. August 26, 2014.
“I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.”

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