"Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice."

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Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

Allan Bloom

#Prejudice Quotes #Reason Quotes #Form Quotes

“Only - only that, if you believe the tales, it's in the nature of our people to go to war and to kill, just as it is to sing and play and tell stories. Perhaps they are two halves of the same whole.”
“Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.”
“You remove heavy metals out of the ground and you turn that into tables, and houses and bridges and dreams for people in the developing world. I love doing that.”
“I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.”

Source : "Dustin Clare Interview SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 23, 2011.
“Time is chasing after all of us.”

Source : "Fictional character: Mrs. Snow". "Finding Neverland", www.imdb.com. 2004.
“Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.”
“Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said”

Source : Alan Furst (2008). “Dark Star: A Novel”, p.35, Random House
“Iâ€™m vain because Iâ€™m imperfect.”

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