Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.
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HIROAKI KURAMOCHI Poetry is more philosophical and of higher value than history. ARISTOTLE The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical nov... FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a... ART GARFUNKEL I was born a human and I will die a human. Caste, creed, religion, region got attached to me along m... SHASHANK GANDHI It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least on... SōSEKI NATSUME Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his d... WALTER M. MILLER JR. Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus... MATTHEW ARNOLD If it truly is arson, as it appears to be at the old WAIK building, let's find out who it is in a hu... DENNIS CASE Generally, I'm not anti the novel. GEOFF DYER Compulsory arbitration is a practical instrument of pacification and, as such, it can and should be ... CHARLES ALBERT GOBAT Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural l... ISAAC ASIMOV We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane ... NICOLA YOON We have to forget the past. History is something that even today we are paying the consequences, and... ATIFETE JAHJAGA Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. P. T. BARNUM We cannot tolerate comments of such hatred, such anti-Semitism, such intolerance. These comments are... PIERRE PETTIGREW Any era in our culture that looks back and perceives history says as much about us as it does the hi... JAMES HALEY We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for p... 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