Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
TIM MINCHINPlease don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love.
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The existence of a higher power with any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for their moral choices or that there is any reason other than fear to believe in any version of an afterlife, I will give you my piano, one of my legs and my wife.
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We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
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Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world?
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Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
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Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room,
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Who’s the world going to revolve around now?
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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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Love without evidence is stalking.
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