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Quote by Kim Stanley

“Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.”

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Kim Stanley, an American film actress, was born on February 11, 1925, in Los Angeles, California, and passed away on August 20, 2001. She had a rich career in the film industry, known for her unique acting skills and diverse character portrayals. more

“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.”

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Author:Kim Stanley

“Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every breath gives something back”

Giving Universe Given Breaths

Author:Kim Stanley

“The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world we live in is one of the great absurdities of our time—”

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Author:Kim Stanley

“When Reinhold Messner returned from the first solo climb of Everest, he was severely dehydrated, and utterly exhausted; he fell down most of the last part of the descent, and collapsed on the Rongbuk glacier, and he was crawling over it on hands and knees when the woman who was his entire support team reached him; and he looked up at her out of a delirium, and said, “Where are all my friends?”