Function Quote by Gwethalyn Graham

“One doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there.”

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There is nothing in the education of the average non-scientific human being to discourage him from the habit of generalizing from little or no…

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“If you choose to turn your back, you don't really have a say in what goes on behind it.”

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there are people who are born superficial ... They prefer not to have to deal with more than a limited number of oversimplified ideas…

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A Jew describes another Jew simply as a human being; a Gentile describes him, first and foremost, as a Jew.

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It's not facts that hurt people, it's their attitude towards facts.

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For every individual who really is exceptional there are about fifty thousand who just imagine they are - until it's too late, and they…

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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

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