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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Born: Dec 7, 1928

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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light. Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in. Alan Alda
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Ask questions; don't make assumptions. Angela Ahrendts
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Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. Most of us see through the eyes of our fears and our limiting beliefs and our false assumptions. Robin S. Sharma
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