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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. ↗

— Will Durant

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The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

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You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren't perishable: Your favorite jar of tomato sauce that lists 'tomato' as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

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Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

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If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#car #experience #forget #having #hours

I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents. ↗

— Mos Def

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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different. ↗

— Mos Def

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