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Mary

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“This mindless tolerance, which places observable scientific facts, subject to proof, on the same level as unprovable supernatural fantasy, has played a major role in the resurgence of both anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism.”
― Susan Jacoby, The Age of American Unreason

tags: anti-intellectualism, anti-rationalism, facts, fantasy, intelligence, science, tolerance

55 likes

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

tags: science

2120 likes

“Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.”
― Richard Dawkins

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“Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

tags: death, life, love, relationships

657 likes

“If you strike us down now we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom then our children will win it by a better deed.”
― Pádraig Pearse

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