You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
TIM MINCHINIt’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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Define yourself by what you love.
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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?
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Science is not a body of knowledge or a belief system, it is just a term that describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation.
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You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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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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Who’s the world going to revolve around now?
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Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
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I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
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To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
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There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
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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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