"It's very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman in the street did not particularly cherish what they said. Socrates was killed."

-- Rebecca Goldstein

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“The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of Boucher...”
“The side's all right, but my bloody knees are killing me!”
“From so much of this seriously-intended ***** there rises, even when it is lewdly or boisterously comic, the acrid smell, unmistakable, of self-dislike.”
“The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.”

Source : David Deutsch (2011). “The Fabric of Reality”, p.13, Penguin UK
“I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe.”

Source : Jean-Dominique Bauby (2008). “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, p.55, Knopf Group E-Books
“I would never ever, ever, ever, ever do it again [All My Children]. It was the scariest thing I've ever done. I have such respect for people who do it, who can do it. What happened was they caught me at a good moment. I could use the money and this came along and it was with Susan and I thought, "Susan Lucci. I have to do this.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“And when you, O human, will return to Nature, that day your eyes will open, you will stare straight into the eyes of Nature and in its mirror you will see your image. You will knowthat when you hid from Nature, you hid from yourselfWe who have been turned away from Nature - if we desire life, we must establish a new relationship with Nature.”
“simplicity is a thing beautiful in itself, like clear light.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”

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