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“Twitter is a kind of verbalization of people yelling at their television sets or gnashing their teeth at the newspaper.”

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Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner is a former U.S. Representative from New York. Born on September 4, 1964, he gained notoriety during his political career due to a series of controversial actions, including inappropriate social media behavior. more

“The very hope of experimental philosophy, its expectation of constructing the sciences into a true philosophy of nature, is basedon induction, or, if you please, the a priori presumption, that physical causation is universal; that the constitution of nature is written in its actual manifestations, and needs only to be deciphered by experimental and inductive research; that it is not a latent invisible writing, to be brought out by the magic of mental anticipation or metaphysical mediation.”

Source: Darwinism: Being an Examination of Mr. St. George Mivart's 'Genesis of Species'

“They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.”

Long Used Loses Leader Habit Periods Election Facility Best Leader Free Elections

Author:Chinua Achebe

“Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up.”

Knows Come Up Pot Stirring

Author:Lee Atwater

“A fact is a proposition of which the verification by an appeal to the primary sources of our knowledge or to experience is directand simple. A theory, on the other hand, if true, has all the characteristics of a fact except that its verification is possible only by indirect, remote, and difficult means.”

Ifs Mean Facts Hands Difficult Simple Theory Source Primaries Appeals Characteristics Propositions Indirect Verification Primary Source

Book:Philosphical Discussions

Source: Philosphical Discussions

“A grifter's got an irresistible urge to be the guy who's wise. There's nothin' to whipping a fool. Hell, fools are made to be whipped. But to take another pro. Even your partner, who knows you and has his eye on you. That's a score! No matter what happens.”

Knows Made Matter Happens Eye Guy Hell Wise Crime Fool Behavior No Matter What Partners His Eyes Score Urges Cheating Irresistible Whipping

Author:Donald E. Westlake

“I don't understand water and gravity.”

Water Gravity

Author:Camille

“The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill.”

Men Form Process Natural Mathematics Painful Torture Rebel Drills

Author:Woodrow Wilson

“I cannot keep myself away from ice cream. I have two flavors that are my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla swiss almond. I can eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, no problem!”

“Whenever you pray, make sure you do it at school assemblies and football games, like the demonstrative creatures who pray before large television audiences. That is the real goal of the thing. But do not, I urge you, pray all alone in your home where no one can see. That does not get you ratings.”

Doe Real Home School Religion Games Politics Goal Prayer Audience Television Football Praying Creatures Urges Assembly Rating All Alone Football Game

Author:Garry Wills

“Stevenson had noble ideas--as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.”

People World Way Ideas Matter Wanted Young Desire Asks Felt Waiting Pure Ambition Noble Thoughtful Voters Flocks Franklin Idealist

Author:Garry Wills

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