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“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” George Orwell, 1984
“Faith is believing what you know ain't so.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“it was often said . . . that crooks always had close-set eyes, lightning never struck twice in the same lace and if the gods had wanted men to fly they'd have given them an airline ticket.” Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
“If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
“A liar only lies when he hopes to be believed.” Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
“The truth may be puzzling or counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held beliefs. Experiment is how we get a handle on it.” Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

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