#so

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#any #asked #been #certainly #definition

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality. ↗

— George William Russell

#endure #human #immortality #infused #into

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts. ↗

— John Russell

#camp #connotation #intern #name #native

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it. ↗

— David O. Russell

#caught #director #exciting #exciting thing #family

That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.' ↗

— David O. Russell

#cannot #ego #fight #get #half

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. ↗

— Dora Russell

#children #having #having children #how #knowing

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy. ↗

— George William Russell

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