"Our acceptance of an ontology is, I think, similar in principle to our acceptance of a scientific theory, say a system of physics;we adopt, at least insofar as we are reasonable, the simplest conceptual scheme into which the disordered fragments of raw experience can be fitted and arranged."

-- Willard Van Orman Quine

#Acceptance Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ontology Quotes

“It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.”
“I am going around British secondary schools, as a gay man talking about my life, and encouraging schools to get rid of homophobic bullying and to care for their gay members of staff and their gay students.”
“I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.”
“Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.”
“Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?”
“All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.”
“In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”
“I'm quite pregnant actually ... this is the adventure of a lifetime.”

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