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When we perceive any object of a familiar kind, much of what appears subjectively to be immediately given is really derived from past experience.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Look at me. Look at me is one of the fundamental desires of human heart.
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Of course not. After all, I may be wrong.
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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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