"A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this... but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat.... Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege."

Source : "Have a heart". "The Science Show", www.abc.net.au. October 12, 2013.

Tim Minchin

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.”
“China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.”

Source : The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 18, 2011.
“Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their jollity. Up, up, fair bride, and call Thy stars from out their several boxes, take Thy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and make Thyself a constellation of them all; And by their blazing signify That a great princess falls, but doth not die. Be thou a new star, that to us portends Ends of much wonder; and be thou those ends.”
“I want to live a full life - period.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more than persistent endeavor.”

Source : Pauli Murray (1987). “Song in a weary throat: an American pilgrimage”, Harpercollins
“The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.”

Source : Ancient Law ch. 5 (1861)
“Art is art. You can take it or leave it. Liking it or not liking it does not make you a better person, and who you like or dislike results in the same thing.”
“How is it that we can entrust the solutions for the problems that confront our country today to those who are complicit in their creation?”

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