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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell quote: "Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think..."

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.

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How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance. David Duke