User:Primodanne
Born: London (1968)
Profession: Teacher
Categories of particular interest: Education, Languages, Religion, Philosophy and Politics.
Foreign Languages (So Far): English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Tries to: 1) Judge each individual on their merits. 2) Reject preconceptions. 3) Keep an open mind.
4) Not generalise. 5) Be modest. 6) Empathise. 7) Eat (organic if possible) apples.
Believes that: Democracy should signify more than simply the right to vote for leaders who then proceed to do whatever they choose regardless of the opinion of the people,
empathy is the most worthwhile skill human beings can possible acquire, and the most interesting thing about life is that you can never know everything.
Often says:
- “Evidence should be the means by which we ascertain the truth.”
(So to talk about one “true faith” is a contradiction in terms.)
- “Nobody is so old they can’t keep on living, or so young they can’t die at any moment.”
- “As it’s impossible to know what would have been, it’s impossible to know that it would have been better.”