"A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or is not known in the time when he lives."

-- Alfred North Whitehead

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“Sometimes it seems to me that things hold together only thanks to the borders, that the true identify of these lands and peoples is the shape of their territories in an atlas. It's a stupid thought, but I can't shake it.”
“Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.”
“There are only two kinds of stories in the world: those about which I do not care to write as many as 600 words, and those about which I would like to write many more than 600 words. But there is nothing about which I would like to write exactly 600 words.”

Source : David Halberstam (2015). “Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam”, p.7, Hachette UK
“The element which is conveniently missing from today's Republican Party is the human one. People's hopes and realities become numbers and words, devoid of personality and easy to erase.”
“People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.”

Source : "What would a second Obama term look like?" by Paul Gigot, www.foxnews.com. September 08, 2012.
“I liken myself to someone who built the house he will live in one day and is preparing to furnish it.”
“The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.”
“How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being alive is the gift beyond measure.”

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