"My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business"

-- John Searle

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“Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.”
“Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.”

Source : "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.
“If perfect's what you're searching for, then just stay the same.”

Source : Song: Just the Way You Are, 2010
“Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.”
“Until my legs break off or I get paralyzed, I can play this way. It helps me be me.”
“What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are.”
“Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. To a friend hesitant with respect to infinitesimals.”
“If you can create a career built on passion, your chances for success, fulfillment, and longevity are far greater than if you take any old job simply for the paycheck.”

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