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Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation. Alfred Korzybski
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "But the pill did nothing, probably expired like everything..."
But the pill did nothing, probably expired like everything else on the premises. Barbara Kingsolver
I don't give a damn about your brother James and his friends. Their theory was not new, it has worked for centuries. But it wasn't foolproof. There is just one point that they overlooked. They thought it was safe to ride on my brain, because they assumed that the goal of my journey was wealth. All their calculations rested on the premise that I wanted to make money. What if I didn't? Ayn Rand
I suppose I am talking about just that: the ambiguity of belonging to a generation distrustful of political highs, the historical irrelevancy of growing up convinced that the heart of darkness lay not in some error of social organization but in man's own blood. If man was bound to err, then any social organization was bound to be in error. It was a premise which still seems to me accurate enough, but one which robbed us early of a certain capacity for surprise. Joan Didion
Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states -- "fear societies" and "free societies," two kinds of consciousness. The consciousness derived of oppression is despairing, fatalistic, and fearful of inquiry. It is mistrustful of the self and forced to trust external authority. It is premised on a dearth of self-respect. It is cramped. In contrast, the consciousness of freedom is one of expansiveness, trust of the self, and hope. It is a consciousness of limitless... Naomi Wolf
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power. Roy Moore
Jonah Goldberg quote: "The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological..."
The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Jonah Goldberg
Melinda Gates quote: "The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is..."
The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next. Melinda Gates
Erich Fromm quote: "The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be..."
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. Erich Fromm
I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise. Elizabeth Emken
Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. Andrea Dworkin
Well, your premise is correct, that we have to first guard against those who have an affiliation with terrorists and a connection, and so we have watch lists and systems that can make that connection. Asa Hutchinson
Leo Strauss quote: "God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise..."
God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. Leo Strauss
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition. Amy Poehler
In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy. David Horowitz

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