"It all depends what you mean by..."

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Source : Answering questions on 'The Brains Trust' (formerly 'Any Questions'), BBC radio (1941-8)

C. E. M. Joad

#Mean Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“We say yes to the society of solidarity and democracy where free people together, in mutual respect and under mutual responsibility, shape a life where everyone has equal opportunities and equal value.”
“By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others. You start sometimes with an incident that truly happened, and you carry it forward by inventing incidents that did not in fact occur but that nonetheless help to clarify and explain.”
“A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.”
“Iâ€™ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.”
“Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.”
“Let my name perish, -- the poetry is good poetry and the music is good music, and beauty dieth not, and the heart that needs it will find it.”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.23, University of Georgia Press
“The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.”
“â€Ž"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."”

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