Quotes
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Freedom of speech
‘I do not agree with the extremists of either the left or the right, but I think they should be allowed to speak and to publish, both because they themselves have, and ought to have, rights, and once their rights are gone, the rights of the rest of us are hardly safe.‘― Jane Jacobs
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Victory to stupidity
‘The tension between nature and humans’ interaction with it is an enormous battle between man’s intelligence and his stupidity. And I am not at all sure that stupidity isn’t going to win out in the long run.‘― Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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Girl power
‘If one girl with an education can change the world, just imagine what 130 million can do.‘― Malala Yousafzai
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Good Reading
‘Wherever you go you will have the choice of good or bad reading, and as reading has such a lasting effect on the mind, you should try to read only good things.‘― Juliette Gordon Low
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Understanding Nature’s Secrets: Insights and Reflections
‘There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.‘― Robert Oppenheimer
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Understanding Gell-Mann: Giants versus Dwarfs
‘If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.‘― Murray Gell-Mann
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Vienna ahead of the curve
‘By the end of the century, Vienna had given birth to Viktor Adler’s socialism and Theodor Herzl’s Zionism. It was the home Sigmund Freud loved to hate and the political base for Karl Lueger, the city’s longtime mayor, whose heady mix of pupulism and anti-Semitism drew the rapt attention of the young Adolf Hitler. If…
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