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“I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree. The word that I'm thinking of right now is genre, one of those French words, like crêpe, that no one can pronounce both correctly and without sounding pretentious.”

People Thinking Two Use Right Now Absolutes Agree Genre Pretentious

Author:Michael Chabon

“It's very hard to operate on a general philosophy of power. They say that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I don't agree with that. I think you have to be corrupted to be corrupted by power.”

Thinking Hard Philosophy Absolutes Agree Absolute Power Power Corrupts Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Author:Mark Pellegrino

“I was very skeptical when he began, and there have been moments where I think he's shown absolute leadership, and I think the jury is out, still out. I haven't made any final decisions on him, but I've been surprised at times. I agree with him about one thing absolutely - George W. Bush said recently that he believed in prayer and exercise. So do I.”

Thinking Has Beens Made Said Stills Moments Prayer Decision One Thing Havens Exercise Absolutes Agree Finals Skeptical Jury

Author:Joe Eszterhas

“May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.”

Trying May Matter Life Is Clear Fashion Absolutes Agree Privacy Relevant Multiple What Matters Irrelevant Private Life Crystals Ambiguous

Book:Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel

Source: Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel

“I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both. The human cultural jungle should be as varied and plural as the Amazonian rainforest. We are all richer for biodiversity. We may decide that a puma is worth more to us than a caterpillar, but surely we can agree that the habitat is all the better for being able to sustain each.”

Should Humans May Able Values Courses Absolutes Agree Jungle Habitat Biodiversity Caterpillars Dichotomy Rainforest Miley Amazon Rainforest

Book:The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography

Source: The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography

“The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world”

Men World Believe Responsibility Liberty Blood Economic He Man Judging Economics Absolutes Responsible Agree Refuse Disagree

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z