"Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often……" — Terry Pratchett
"Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they…
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Everyone's heard of Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment. You put a cat in a box with a bottle of poison,…
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Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this…
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At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.
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Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.
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A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed…
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Things have no power that humans don't put there.
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I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy…
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A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.
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When he got loaded, the human cannonball knew there were not many men of his caliber.
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Where there is no style, there is in effect no point of view. There is, essentially, no anger, no conviction,…
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Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.
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We are specifically keeping the best and brightest out. It is the dumb and dumbest that we are letting in.…
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