"We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it."

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Source : Willard Van Orman Quine, Patricia S. Churchland, Dagfinn Føllesdal (2013). “Word and Object”, p.15, MIT Press

Willard Van Orman Quine

“You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.”
“People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.”
“I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.”

Source : "Moon Bloodgood Exclusive Interview FALLING SKIES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 16, 2011.
“But instead of tears, when I press my face against the pillow, a horrible, primal scream comes out of me. It's unlike anything I thought myself capable of. Rage, unlike anything I've ever known.”
“To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.”

Source : Peter Høeg (2010). “Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel”, p.40, Macmillan
“Memory is merely the process of tuning into vibrations that have been left behind in space and time.”

Source : "Spiritual Journey: Michio Kushi's Guide to Endless Self-Realization and Freedom". Book by Michio Kushi and Edward Esko (p. 62), December 1994.
“I heard that I have three ribs, that I have more surgeries than Cher - whatever they say, they say; I know who I am.”
“The question of common sense is always: 'what is it good for?' - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.”

Source : James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.250

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