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" It's not proper for the government to intrude too thoroughly into the domain of the family. It's inappropriate. "

Jordan Peterson

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" You can think of the entire Internet as a place where ideas embodied in cyberspace are having a war, and it's not much different than the war of gods in heaven, which has been taking place since there's been human beings. "

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" The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity. "

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" If the standard transsexual person wants to be regarded as he or she, my sense is I'll address you according to the part that you appear to be playing. "

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" You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to. "

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" Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me. "

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