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Intellectual Quotes
Most Famous Intellectual Quotes of All Time!
Good intellectual work, this collection suggests, often comes bundled with a certain self-regard - an honest admission rather than a boast. Elsewhere, the distinction between physical courage and intellectual courage gets drawn sharply, a nuance worth sitting with alongside our Thought collection.
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- Inspiration
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Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment.
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We're always looking for ways to extend all of our intellectual property. We've seen that's what happened with 'Harry Potter' and 'The Lord of the Rings.'
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In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
- Property
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Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property.
- Property
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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
- Property
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We must deal with Chinese theft of intellectual property, though no one is sure that tariffs are the solution.
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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
- Growth
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It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.
- Liberty
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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.
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I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.
There's also a case made for design as simply part of ordinary life rather than a lofty intellectual pursuit, and a nod to protecting original ideas and inventions in global trade. For more on how thinking shapes identity, see our Identity quotes.