This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.
quote by Natan Sharansky
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
quote by Victor Hugo
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There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.
quote by Rupert Sheldrake
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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, scepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. And it cannot be otherwise, for every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority, the cherishing of the keenest scepticism, the annihilation of the spirit of blind faith; and the most ardent votary of science holds his firmest convictions, not because the men he most venerates hold them; not because their verity is testified by portents and wonders; but because his experience teaches him that whenever he chooses to bring these convictions into contact with their primary source, Nature — whenever he thinks fit to test them by appealing to experiment and to observation — Nature will confirm them. The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
quote by Thomas Henry Huxley
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Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.
quote by Blaise Pascal
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There is no harm in doubt and scepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
Richard Feynman in Letter to Armando Garcia J (11 December 1985)
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
Bertrand Russell in Sceptical Essays - On the Value of Scepticism, 1928
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A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.
quote by Denis Diderot
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Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.
quote by Frank Scott
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The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly.
quote by Phillip Noyce
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A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
quote by Barbara Smith
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
quote by Natan Sharansky
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The Long Argument
Between You and I God
the long argument continues
I cannot worship You
without fear
without scepticism-
And yet You draw me ever nearer.
The more I withdraw
the closer You come-
So that in my doubt
I praise You
so that with my fear
I love You.
So that the more I deride You
the closer You become.
poem by Gillian Commerford
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Back In The Ussr
Flew in from miami beach b.o.a.c., didnt get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight
Im back in the ussr, you dont know how lucky you are boy
Back in the ussr
Been away so long I hardly new the place, gee its good to be back home
Leave it til tomorrow to unpack my case, honey disconnect the phone
Im back in the ussr, you dont know how lucky you are boy
Back in us, back in the us, back in the ussr
Well, the ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind
And moscow girls make me sing and shout
That georgias always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
(solo)
Im back in the ussr, you dont know how lucky you are boy
Back in us, back in the us, back in the ussr
Well, the ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind
And moscow girls make me sing and shout
That georgias always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddys car
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm
Im back in the ussr, you dont know how lucky you are boy
Back in the ussr
song performed by by Paul McCartney
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This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.
quote by Earl Browder
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Rags & Old Iron
Norman curtis, oscar brown jr
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
I heard that old rag man now making his rounds
He came right to my alley lord with sorrowful sounds
Crying rags old iron and pulling his cart
Ask him how much hed give me for my broken heart
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
So I asked that old rag man how much he would pay
For a heart that was broken baby when you went away
For a burnt out old love light that no longer beams
And a couple of slightly used second hand dreams
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
For those big empty promises you used to make
For those memories of you that are no longer sweet
I wish he could haul them off down the street
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
When love doesnt last tell me what is it worth
It was once mamas most precious possession on earth
When I asked that old rag man if hed like to buy
He just shook his head and continued to cry
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
Rags old iron rags old iron
Rags old iron rags old iron rags old iron
song performed by by Nina Simone
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Serenade to an Angel
Your wings are wide
your thighs are nice
your halo glows bright in the night
your smile deafens
any scepticism
your eyes shine
wont you be mine
your grace is not so graceful
but you are an Angel
your body a monument to Beauty
your soft but unbreakable
your singel but untakeable
your an Angel who dwells on earth
i cant express how much your worth
but seeing you 100 yards away
is worth the wait if youll be mine someday
Your beautiful
from head to toe
no matter what you wear
you will always be amazing
this is my weary attempt to dazzle an Angel
with weary words of man
but this angel dwells with men so maybe she will chance it with Dan
poem by Daniel Cook
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He Was Born In Ussr
He was born in USSR
At the hospital there
At 5: 30 am
And that was the time that his mother gave birth to him
But I remember that she said that giving birth was very hard
And I can say to that
Thanks God that men don't give birth
Because I don't think they would want to go through with it
Knowing that there is pain in giving birth to a baby
But when he was 13 he moved from USSR to United States
So that he could get a god education
And a good job in his life
poem by Aldo Kraas
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I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.
quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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i Thought I Heard A Man Cry Last Night
'I THOUGHT I HEARD A MAN CRY LAST NIGHT'
I thought I heard him weep
I thought I heard a man cry last night
He woke me from my sleep
I thought I heard a man cry last night
I heard his gentle sob,
I thought I heard a man cry last night
I wondered why he was so sad,
I thought I heard a man cry last night
Or was I going mad,
I thought I heard a man cry last night
I heard his cries subside
I thought I heard a man cry last night
Before I returned gently to my sleep,
I thought I heard a man cry last night
My Pillow doesnt tell me any lies, !
David Bennett.
poem by David Bennett
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They Bring Real And Lasting Change
Blessed your children be
'The change generation'
Protect them all, tirelessly
They bring transformation
ROTMS
poem by Ray Lucero
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