"In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

#Independent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Development Quotes

“Look, taste is clearly the crudest of our senses: this is scientifically, objectively factual. It is less nuanced. Eyesight is extraordinary - hearing, touch. I find people who devote their whole lives to taste a little strange.”
“It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America - a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential carcinogen, and even the bare hint of a substance's link to cancer ignites a firestorm of public hysteria and media anxiety - one of the most potent and common carcinogens known to humans can be freely bought and sold at every corner store for a few dollars.”

Source : "New Warning Labels: Ruining Smokers’ Days?" by Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. June 21, 2011.
“The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.”
“Where I come from, gettin' visual is habitual.”
“Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your church, in your temple. Try to be that in your classroom. Do it because it is right to do.”
“Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.”
“Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.”

Source : "Flawed Intelligence In The 'War Of Our Time'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.
“When I left Merle was wearing a bungalow apron and rolling pie crust. She came to the door wiping her hands on the apron and kissed me on the mouth and began to cry and ran back into the house, leaving the doorway empty [...] I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again. (p. 262)”

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