Rene Descartes
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Doubt is the origin of wisdom"
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Thrive
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Slavoj Žižek
Philosopher, Cultural Critic
"We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"Education is a system of imposed ignorance."
Hannah Arendt
Philosopher, Political Theorist
"Evil thrives on apathy and cannot exist without it."
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been."
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"Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy"
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"A human being is a deciding being."
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"Freedom is from within."
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"Liberal: a power worshipper without power."
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"We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient."
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"People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk."
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"Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life."
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"Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality."
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"Companies thrive on the basis of the stories they tell."
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"Good writing is like a windowpane."
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"Do what you know and perception is converted into character."
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"The fashion industry [is] built on, and thrives on, our collective insecurity."
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"Where there is ignorance, sickness will thrive."
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"Judge not unless you judge yourself"
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"Liberate yourselves from everything you know and look with complete innocence at this infinitely improbable thing before you."
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"The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth."
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"Guilt starts as a feeling of failure."
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"He who learns death unlearns slavery."
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"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."
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"I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person."
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