Posts by CJKent_band

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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 and sweatshops.” - Steven Jay Gould ~…

Title couldn’t say it all. “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 September 1897 Billom, France ~ Died…

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 January 1622 Paris, Kingdom of…

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Title couldn’t say it all. “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 341 BC, Samos, Greece ~ Died:…

“ 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 a whole.” ~ Malcolm Little ~ Born…

Title couldn’t say it all. “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 - in fact they do so.” ~…

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 “The Philosopher” ~ Born: April 26,…

“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. 480 BC Salamis ~ Died c.…

Title couldn’t say it all. "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. ~ Oscar Wilde

Title couldn’t say it all. "Americans “protect” their minds by an elaborate system of abstractions, ambiguities, metaphors and similes from the reality they do not wish to know too clearly; they lie to themselves, in order that they may still have…