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" Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. "

Bertrand Russell

Because

Slavery

Beautiful

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Geographical

Sin

" Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. "

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" Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. "

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