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the swords of battle are numerous, and none more effective than humor.

stephen jay gould

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of course i agree with the preacher of ecclesiastes that there is a time to love and a time to die - and when my skein runs out i hope to face the end calmly and in my own way. for most situations, however, i prefer the more marital view that death is the ultimate enemy - and i find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light.

stephen jay gould

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i'm anti political parties. i don't understand how in a country of two hundred million voters, we only have two political parties. we have eight kinds of coke, but only two political parties.

jon stewart

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is sacrificing one life to save the lives of many others the best possible outcome?

trolley cart problem

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the claim that people's common-sense understanding of the mind is false and that certain classes of mental states that most people believe in do not exist.

eliminativism

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the subjective or qualitative properties of experiences. what it feels like, experientially, to see a red rose is different from what it feels like to see a yellow rose. Likewise for hearing a musical note played by a piano and hearing the same musical note played by a tuba...traditionally been thought to be intrinsic qualities of experience that are directly available to introspection.

qualia

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forget not the tyranny of this wall...nor the love of freedom that made it fall

anon, graffiti on the berlin wall

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learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. it means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

david foster wallace - this is water commencement speech

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could it be that there are fundamental limits to what we can know about something we can’t experience? and would this mean that there are certain aspects of the universe that lie completely beyond our comprehension?

the knowledge argument - mary’s room

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you can pay for school but you can't buy class.

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the lifeline only comes when you're on the verge of drowning.

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you talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

kahil gibran (the prophet)

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'where does the extra time go?' 'time doesn't go anywhere. it only adds up. we can use those ten hours as we like, in tokyo or in sapporo. with ten hours, we could see four movies, eat two meals, whatever.' 'what if i don't want to go to the movies or eat?' 'that's your problem. it's no fault of time.'

haruki murakami (a wild sheep chase)

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dusk: a blade of honey between our shadows, draining.

ocean vuong

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new york is a tale of two cities. you have the gilded city and the other city, and the core of the other city is the new york city housing authority.

bronx tale

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millennials, according to recent headlines, are killing hotels, department stores, chain restaurants, the car industry, the diamond industry, the napkin industry, homeownership, marriage, doorbells, motorcycles, fabric softener, hotel-loyalty programs, casinos, goldman sachs, serendipidty, and the mcdonald's mcwrap...millennials are tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious, but also disengaged, narcissistic, distrustful, and anxious.

jia tolentino (the new yorker)

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one, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. two, never give up work. work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

stephen hawking