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How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without kn

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the worlds main religions? – Polly Toynbee

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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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Polly Toynbee
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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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Polly Toynbee
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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Education
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Polly Toynbee
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Why shouldnt rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess its this old idea of containment – that rappers, because theyre black, cant and shouldnt aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. – Saul Williams

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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I cant stop to count it. – Evita Peron

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