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John Stuart Mill
"There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home."
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Source : John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.183, Hackett Publishing
John Stuart Mill
#Truth Quotes
#Home Quotes
#Experience Quotes
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“In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.”
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“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.”
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“Well, one thing that I like to do is treat the audience as if they're already kind of at the table - they're already a part of the conversation. They don't need the 101 explanation. It's as if bringing a stranger to the table to sit down with these people who are already acting as peers or friends and opening up and just sharing their stories.”
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“Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them.”
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“I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea. Even a little of it is like manure to the soil of the mind, and makes it bear finer flowers.”
Source : Sara Coleridge Coleridge (1873). “Memoir and Letters”, p.169
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“No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals”
Source : Irving Kristol (1995). “Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
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“Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall,”
Source : Antony Beevor (2003). “The Fall of Berlin 1945”, p.30, Penguin
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“Pop music can play a large part in the way numerous young people determine their right to desire and their need to question.”
