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Ground Quotes by Amartya Sen
- But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these…
- It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality
- Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.
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- Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac
- Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. — Douglas Adams
- In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. — Douglas Adams
- Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. — Drew Barrymore
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