"To be is to be the value of a variable."

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Source : Journal of Philosophy, 21 Dec. 1939

Willard Van Orman Quine

#Good Life Quotes #Variables Quotes #Values Quotes

“I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals involved (the Golden Rule), and because they push the envelope, moving us closer to the compassionate world that all animal rights activists are working toward...On the other hand, working toward welfare reforms has the immediate benefit of helping improve animals' lives today and acts as a crucial stepping stone toward animal liberation.”

Source : "Getting from A to Z: Why Animal Activists Should Support Incremental Reforms to Help Animals" by Bruce Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2011.
“It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.”
“What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" - "Beauty Queens”
“The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.”
“Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.”
“...and trauma had a way of burning memories deeper into the mind.”
“I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.”
“Real estate is one sector that India is not very proud of.”

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