W. Arthur Lewis famous quotes
07-17-2025
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The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings.
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Collective judgment of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own judgment despite collective disapproval.
-- W. Arthur Lewis
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I asked these Indians: "Do men ever make Chicha?" My question was met with gales of laughter. The women howled. Bent over in hilarity, one replied, "Men can't brew. Chicha made by men would only make gas in the belly. You are a funny man! Beer is women's work."
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If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
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Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.
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I got drunk in Canada. I was there for 2 days but I was drunk there for 4 days. I don't know how it worked. I guess it was with the time difference or something.
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I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.
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I filmed myself drunk, just to see what I'm like. I watched so many funny videos of people drunk on YouTube.
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No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot
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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
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As a rapper, I don't freestyle. I used to freestyle when I used to get drunk, and it didn't matter.
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