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> [Philistine - a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-stephen/philistine-a-word-which-i-understand-properly-to-denote-indifference/)

[Leslie Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-stephen/)

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> [Even though basketball takes up most of my time, I try to pursue intellectual interests whenever I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-barnes/even-though-basketball-takes-up-most-of-my-time-i-try-to-pursue/)

[Harrison Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-barnes/)

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> [Men are not narrow in their intellectual interests by nature; it takes special and rigorous training to accomplish that end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-viner/men-are-not-narrow-in-their-intellectual-interests-by-nature-it-takes/)

[Jacob Viner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-viner/)

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> [I just went along with political activists and interested in other intellectual interests which I pursued kind of at random. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-just-went-along-with-political-activists-and-interested-in-other/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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