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Words are things. The words he is in possession of he cannot be deprived of. Their authority transce...

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Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?Ford: We're safe.Arthur: Oh good.Fo...

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Douglas AdamsThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we wor...

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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that y...

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He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “...

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Michael PollanIn Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

We must think things not words, or at least we must constantly translate our words into the facts fo...

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God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no ...

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Thomas AquinasSumma Theologiae: A Concise Translation

Causes of individuals presuppose causes of the species, which are not univocal yet not wholly equivo...

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Thomas AquinasSumma Theologiae: A Concise Translation

Colorless green ideas sleep furiouslythree old owls on a chest of drawerswere screwingthe daughter o...

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Umberto EcoHow to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

It is not what you meant to say, but it is what your saying meant.

To make biological survival possible, Mind at Large has to be funnelled through the reducing valve o...

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Aldous HuxleyThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane of he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and s...

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An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and s...

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