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“So it was all for England, then?” … “There was a time, of course there was. But whose England? Which England? England all alone, a citizen of nowhere? I’m a European.”

A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré. (via momentaryhaze)

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what.

[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]

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This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

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The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time he is aware that he may be wrong. Above all, he values the intellectual independence of others too highly to want to convince them in important matters. He would much rather invite contradiction, preferably in the form of rational and disciplined criticism. He seeks not to convince but to arouse — to challenge others to form free opinions.

— Karl R. Popper, All Life Is Problem Solving

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