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Quote by Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. – Bertrand Russell

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The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. – Bertrand Russell

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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer. – Bertrand Russell

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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Daltons, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. – Charles Babbage

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To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow. – Tom Jenkinson

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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training. – Harrison Salisbury

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Private religious speech cant be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech. – Samuel Alito

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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didnt feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. – Neil Armstrong

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I dont know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets. – John Glenn

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I think about food all the time. Its my passion its my profession. But some people think about food all the time because theyre hungry. We can put an end to this if we join forces and lend a hand. – Cat Cora

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