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The claim that everybody sees the world differently is not a claim that there's no reality. It's a different kind of claim.
Errol Morris
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Errol Morris
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 5
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Errol Mark Morris
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The fact that the world is utterly insane makes it tolerable.
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You can't really trust anybody who doesn't talk a lot, because how would you know what they're thinking?
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I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.
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