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I do so hate to leave this world.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.
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I am firm YOU are obstinate HE is a pig-headed fool.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.
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Freedom in education has many aspects. There is first of all freedom to learn or not to learn. Then there is freedom as to what to learn. And in later education there is freedom of opinion.
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