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"He knew that once an article goes into mass production, the last thing a manufacturer wants to hear about is a better and simpler article that is basically different. And they are not interested in a more efficient, simpler or better product. They are interested in making money." — Apr 30, 2026 05:51AM
"He knew that once an article goes into mass production, the last thing a manufacturer wants to hear about is a better and simpler article that is basically different. And they are not interested in a more efficient, simpler or better product. They are interested in making money." — Apr 30, 2026 05:51AM
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"Mustafa Kamal notes the books he read. They are a catholic selection, starting with Alphonse Daudet’s Sappho – Moeurs Parisiennes (whose plot did not impress him), and going on to a Turkish treatise entitled Can one deny the existence of God? This prompted the comment, ‘Religious thinker have done their best to twist science and philosophy to back up their law.’" — Apr 06, 2026 05:53AM
"Mustafa Kamal notes the books he read. They are a catholic selection, starting with Alphonse Daudet’s Sappho – Moeurs Parisiennes (whose plot did not impress him), and going on to a Turkish treatise entitled Can one deny the existence of God? This prompted the comment, ‘Religious thinker have done their best to twist science and philosophy to back up their law.’" — Apr 06, 2026 05:53AM
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"Und wenn er net saufat wia a Loch, dann hätt er koa so rote Nasn! Und sei Schmerbauch, der ko doch a nur vom Fressn kemma! Also nacha ham ma scho oa Todsünd: Unbotmäßigkeit im Essen und Trinken. Aba mer darfatn do herinn lauter Haring fressn und zaundürre gröste Kartoffeln. Der soll mir bloß no amal kemma, der!" — Mar 29, 2026 02:41PM
"Und wenn er net saufat wia a Loch, dann hätt er koa so rote Nasn! Und sei Schmerbauch, der ko doch a nur vom Fressn kemma! Also nacha ham ma scho oa Todsünd: Unbotmäßigkeit im Essen und Trinken. Aba mer darfatn do herinn lauter Haring fressn und zaundürre gröste Kartoffeln. Der soll mir bloß no amal kemma, der!" — Mar 29, 2026 02:41PM
“Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh.”
― Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
― Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.”
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
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