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Owned by Unordained - Created on 09/04/2003 - Never edited 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Philosophy & Argumentation11/01/05 :: Folder :: Society & Culture01/28/05 :: Person :: Aldous Huxley04/08/04 :: Article :: Consent & Ethics :: Yes, I'm telling you not to tell me what to do. Got a problem with that?01/12/04 :: Article :: Standard Deviants :: We may be all over the map, but we're neighbors. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Winston ChurchillA fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.  09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. 10/03/05 :: Quote :: Henry KissingerWe must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: BerliozTime is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.  11/08/06 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. 02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
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