"A thing is never seen as it really is."

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Josef Albers

“Every 30 seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement,”
“There ought not be two histories, one of political and moral action and one of political and moral theorizing, because there were not two pasts, one populated only by actions, the other only by theories. Every action is the bearer and expression of more or less theory-laden beliefs and concepts; every piece of theorizing and every expression of belief is a politcal and moral action.”

Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.72, A&C Black
“Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 4, 2012
“In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.”
“'The Committee has identified eight senior leaders who were in a position to prevent or to stop the IRS's targeting of conservative applicants,' the Oversight report states. 'Each of these leaders could have and should have done more to prevent the IRS's targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants.'”
“Theyâ€™re called poems but in reality theyâ€™re lines given to me to hang on to”
“The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.”
“It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one.”

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