"The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices."
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"It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom."
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"The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism."
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"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."
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"Prejudice is an opinion without judgment."
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"Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument."
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"The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation."
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"I like to feel prejudice towards people who are prejudice"
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"... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice."
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"Travel is lethal to prejudice."
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"willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection."
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"I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion."
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"Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends."
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"The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations, inadequate formulation, and unconscious prejudice is rarely appreciated by those who obtain their scientific knowledge from textbooks."
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"Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?"
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"There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance."
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"Obstinate, headstrong girl!"
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"One of the great triumphs of the nineteenth century was to limit the connotation of the word "immoral" in such a way that, for practical purposes, only those were immoral who drank too much or made too copious love. Those who indulged in any or all of the other deadly sins could look down in righteous indignation on the lascivious and the gluttonous.... In the name of all lechers and boozers I most solemnly protest against the invidious distinction made to our prejudice."
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"I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices."
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"We must take the profit out of prejudice."
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