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Quote by Bertrand Russell
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily r

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less. – Bertrand Russell

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To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it. – Bertrand Russell

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Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me. – Bertrand Russell

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The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. – Bertrand Russell

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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. Hes the biggest. Hes like an Elvis in this business, but no, hes never been the rebel. – Waylon Jennings

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Im not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. – Jackie Robinson

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I dont believe war is a way to solve problems. I think its wrong. I dont have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I dont have that much respect for Bush. Hes about war, Im not about war – a lot of people arent about war. – Avril Lavigne

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