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title: "4 Anti Rational Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational; this is why it aims at uprooting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-skolimowski/the-illogical-man-is-what-advertising-is-after-this-is-why/)

[Henryk Skolimowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-skolimowski/)

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> [“Ordinary Americans might never have liked the educated or professional classes very much, but until recently they did not widely disdain their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-m-nichols/ordinary-americans-might-never-have-liked-the-educated-or/)

[Thomas M. Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-m-nichols/)

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> [I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/u-g-krishnamurti/i-am-not-anti-rational-just-unrational-you-may-infer-a-rational/)

[U.G. Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/u-g-krishnamurti/)

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> [The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-three-main-extra-rational-activities-in-modern-life-are-religion/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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