""Tiger is a natural kind" and "Tiger is a historical particular" are incompatible with each other, and evolutionary biology provides a reason for favoring the latter over the former."

-- Elliott Sober

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“Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget.”
“Study history. Separate fears and prejudices from facts. Recognize facts from propaganda. Invest energy in fighting for what you believe in. Analyze harder where we are going and what you are doing about it. What do you really believe in? How much do we care?”

Source : Mae Brussell (2014). “The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations of Fascism in America”, p.97, Feral House
“It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.”
“The people of the world, all of them, whether it is the different race or the different language or the different lifestyle, tend to only think about what we cannot share. But our brains are all the same. We are the same people. With everyoneâ€™s strength, we can all share the same feelings. That much is obvious. But it wonâ€™t come easily.”
“How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.”

Source : "Patrick Swayze: 'Chemo is Hell on Wheels'", www.foxnews.com. October 29, 2008.
“A theory's assumptions always are and ought to be unrealistic. Further, we should attempt to make them more unrealistic in order to increase a theory's fruitfulness.”
“More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.”
“Movement is the universal language of personal freedom.”

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