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“Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.”

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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.

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“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly…

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“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...”

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With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.

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The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

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Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.

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