"It is a shame when nonsense can substitute for fact with impunity."

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Source : "Real Time with Bill Maher", February 08, 2013.

Lawrence M. Krauss

#Facts Quotes #Shame Quotes #Nonsense Quotes

“The past is our ultimate privacy; we pile it up, year by year, decade by decade, it stows itself away, with its perverse random recall system.”

Source : Penelope Lively (2012). “How It All Began: A Novel”, p.174, Penguin
“We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.”

Source : Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company
“We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.”
“Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.”
“As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”
“He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will surely be defeated.”
“The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.”

Source : "10 Questions: Colin Mochrie". Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 9, 2003.
“People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.”

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