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“What I believed in the Sixties: Everything. You name it. What I believe now: Nothing. Well, nothing much. Like, things that can be proven by reason and by experiment, and believe you me I want to see the logic and the lab equipment.” quote by P. J. O'Rourke — Download Open image

““What I believed in the Sixties: Everything. You name it. What I believe now: Nothing. Well, nothing much. Like, things that can be proven by reason and by experiment, and believe you me I want to see the logic and the lab equipment.””

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