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I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brai
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CJKent_band

Title couldn’t say it all.

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields…

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We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everythin
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CJKent_band

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“We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everything and that we will die."

~ Georges Bataille aka Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille
~ Born 10…

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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best re
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CJKent_band

Title couldn’t say it all.

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."

~ Molière aka Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
~ Born 15…

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The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can i
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CJKent_band

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“The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.”

~ Epicurus
~ Born: February…

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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for
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CJKent_band

“ I'm for truth, no matter who tells it.
I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against.
I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such…
l'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as…

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Most people have the tendency to think that the world must conform to their prej
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CJKent_band

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“Most people have the tendency to think that the world must conform to their prejudices.

The opposite view involves some effort to thought, and most people would die sooner than think -…

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started 2 yrs ago
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If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I
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CJKent_band

Title couldn’t say it all.

“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change.

I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone."

~ Marcus Aurelius
~ Roman emperor…

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started 2 yrs ago
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No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opin
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CJKent_band

“No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity.

Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform."

~ Euripides
~ Occupation: Greek Tragedies Playwright
~ Born c.…