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“I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.”

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones is a highly respected record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, and musician. Born on March 14, 1933, he has had a profound and enduring career in the music industry. Jones has produced over 40 albums, won 27 Grammy Awards, and has been honored for his contributions to music with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. more

“One should not be deceived: great spirits are skeptics ... Strength, FREEDOM which is born of the strength and overstrength of the spirit, proves itself by skepticism. Men of conviction are not worthy of the least consideration in fundamental questions of value and disvalue. Convictions are prisons.”

Men Should Spirit Values Born Prove Fundamentals Prison Conviction Worthy Consideration Skepticism Deceived Skeptic Prove It Great Spirit Not Worthy

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“. . . an absurd problem came to the surface: 'How COULD God permit that (crucifixion of Jesus Christ)!' . . . the deranged reason of the little community found quite a frightfully absurd answer: God gave his Son for forgiveness, as a SACRIFICE . . . The SACRIFICE FOR GUILT, and just in its most repugnant and barbarous form - the sacrifice of the innocent for the sins of the guilty! What horrifying heathenism!”

Littles Reason Problem Form Found Jesus Christ Community Sin Answers Sacrifice Son Jesus Christ Guilt Surface Innocent Absurd Guilty Permit Crucifixion Deranged

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense?”

Hate Nonsense Fraud Quarrels

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

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