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Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius. ↗

— Albert Pike

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If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#any #clear #clear conscience #conscience #everything

My opinions about human nature are shared by many psychologists, linguists, and biologists, not to mention philosophers and scholars going back centuries. ↗

— Steven Pinker

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Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. ↗

— Helen Prejean

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So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full. ↗

— John Prescott

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It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. ↗

— William Drummond

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When people are coming to Krakow and we show them how and where we practice, they are like, 'Seriously? Are you kidding me?' But we're always saying that what matters about the courts - the lines, the nets - are the same. I'm practicing in Poland even when I don't have good facilities. ↗

— Agnieszka Radwanska

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For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101. ↗

— Charles Rangel

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Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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