#equals

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero. ↗

— Steven Pinker

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But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays. ↗

— Mark Rylance

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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. ↗

— Oliver Tambo

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Virtue can only flourish among equals. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#among #equals #flourish #only #virtue

In the immortal words of myself, "If our destiny stems from our name, then I weep for the flower named Wilt." Likewise, if cyborgs one day come to be viewed as so human-like that they are accepted as equals, then I cry for the cyborg named Mel T. Down. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cyborgs #destiny #equals #flower #human

I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can’t always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I’ll support you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#agency #equals #free-will #heroes-done-right #respect

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

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True friendship can exist only between equals. ↗

— Plato

#friendship #equality

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#being #equal #equals #every #except

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. ↗