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->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying--\\
'''Interviewer:''' They've had enough of experts? The people have had enough of experts? What do you mean by that?\\
'''Gove:''' People from organizations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.\\
'''Inteviewer:''' The people of this country have had enough of experts?\\
'''Gove:''' Because these people are the same ones who got consistently wrong what was happening.\\
'''Interviewer:''' This is proper Trump politics this, isn't it?\\
'''Gove:''' No it's actually a faith in the--\\
'''Inteviewer:''' It's Oxbridge Trump.\\
'''Gove:''' It's a faith, Faisal, in the British people to make the right decision.
-->-- Faisal Islam of Sky News interviewing British conservative politician Michael Gove in the run-up to the Brexit Referendum
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->''"Books... Books! That's what started the apocalypse!"''
-->--'''One''', ''Film/WarriorsOfTheWasteland''
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->''"College is for rich kids and people with brains; you wouldn't fit in."''
-->--'''Cheryl Roberts''', ''Film/ButcherBakerNightmareMaker''
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-->--'''Fanny Type''', ''Film/NudistColonyOfTheDead''

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-->--'''Fanny Type''', Wype''', ''Film/NudistColonyOfTheDead''
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->''"We're Christians! We're not supposed to think!"''
-->--'''Fanny Type''', ''Film/NudistColonyOfTheDead''

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->''... Speaking of villains, make sure all of the smart people are evil. We want to teach future generations the dangers of science, intellectualism, and free thought. We don't want our dystopian novel to actually be about thinking for yourself after all. That would be double plus ungood.''

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->''... Speaking ->''Speaking of villains, make sure all of the smart people are evil. We want to teach future generations the dangers of science, intellectualism, and free thought. We don't want our dystopian novel to actually be about thinking for yourself after all. That would be double plus ungood.''


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->'''Bob''': Mr. Rzykruski knew a lot.\\
'''Gym Teacher''': Well, sometimes knowing too much is the problem.
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}''
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->One of these days, thought Winston with sudden deep conviction, Syme will be [[{{Unperson}} vaporized]]. He is too intelligent. He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly. The Party does not like such people. One day he will disappear. It is written in his face.
-->--''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''
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-->-- Faisal Islam of Sky News interviewing British conservative politician Michael Gove

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-->-- Faisal Islam of Sky News interviewing British conservative politician Michael Gove
Gove in the run-up to the Brexit Referendum
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->''Oh, look, what clever children\\
See them study, watch them learn\\
How I '''hate those goody-goodies'''\\
How they make my stomach turn''
-->-- '''VideoGame/IMMeen'''
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->''"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"''
-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''

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->''"Anti-intellectualism ->''"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"''
-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''
-->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''



->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—\\

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->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—\\saying--\\



-->-- '''Michael Gove''', British politician

->''Fucking magnets, how do they work?''\\
''And I don't wanna talk to a scientist''\\
''Y'all motherfuckers lying and getting me pissed''
-->-- '''Music/InsaneClownPosse''', "Miracles"

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-->-- '''Michael Gove''', Faisal Islam of Sky News interviewing British politician

conservative politician Michael Gove

->''Fucking magnets, how do they work?''\\
''And
work?\\
And
I don't wanna talk to a scientist''\\
''Y'all
scientist\\
Y'all
motherfuckers lying and getting me pissed''
-->-- '''Music/InsaneClownPosse''', "Miracles""Miracles"
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-->-- ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''

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-->-- ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''
''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''
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-->-- Fascist Prosecutor at the trial of Italian philosopher, Antonio Gramsci[[note]]Gramsci in prison would in fact write his ''Prison Notebooks'' one of the most influential works of political and cultural philosophy of the twentieth century[[/note]]

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-->-- Fascist Prosecutor at the trial of Italian philosopher, Antonio Gramsci[[note]]Gramsci in prison Gramsci[[note]]They failed. In prison, Gramsci would in fact write his ''Prison Notebooks'' Notebooks'', one of the most influential works of political and cultural philosophy of the twentieth century[[/note]]
century.[[/note]]
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->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—
'''Interviewer:''' They've had enough of experts? The people have had enough of experts? What do you mean by that?
'''Gove:''' People from organizations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.
'''Inteviewer:''' The people of this country have had enough of experts?
'''Gove:''' Because these people are the same ones who got consistently wrong what was happening.
'''Interviewer:''' This is proper Trump politics this, isn't it?
'''Gove:''' No it's actually a faith in the—
'''Inteviewer:''' It's Oxbridge Trump.

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->'''Gove:''' I think the people in this country have had enough of experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—
saying—\\
'''Interviewer:''' They've had enough of experts? The people have had enough of experts? What do you mean by that?
that?\\
'''Gove:''' People from organizations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.
wrong.\\
'''Inteviewer:''' The people of this country have had enough of experts?
experts?\\
'''Gove:''' Because these people are the same ones who got consistently wrong what was happening.
happening.\\
'''Interviewer:''' This is proper Trump politics this, isn't it?
it?\\
'''Gove:''' No it's actually a faith in the—
the—\\
'''Inteviewer:''' It's Oxbridge Trump.\\

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->''"The people in [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} this country]] have had enough of experts."''

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->''"The ->'''Gove:''' I think the people in [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} this country]] country have had enough of experts."''experts, with organizations from acronyms, saying—
'''Interviewer:''' They've had enough of experts? The people have had enough of experts? What do you mean by that?
'''Gove:''' People from organizations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.
'''Inteviewer:''' The people of this country have had enough of experts?
'''Gove:''' Because these people are the same ones who got consistently wrong what was happening.
'''Interviewer:''' This is proper Trump politics this, isn't it?
'''Gove:''' No it's actually a faith in the—
'''Inteviewer:''' It's Oxbridge Trump.
'''Gove:''' It's a faith, Faisal, in the British people to make the right decision.
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-->-- '''Michael Gove''', British politician

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-->-- '''Michael Gove''', British politicianpolitician

->''Fucking magnets, how do they work?''\\
''And I don't wanna talk to a scientist''\\
''Y'all motherfuckers lying and getting me pissed''
-->-- '''Music/InsaneClownPosse''', "Miracles"
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-->-- '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1K6eT43DY DYSTOPIAS]]'''

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-->-- '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1K6eT43DY DYSTOPIAS]]'''DYSTOPIAS]]'''

->''"The people in [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} this country]] have had enough of experts."''
-->-- '''Michael Gove''', British politician
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->''Speaking of villains, make sure all of the smart people are evil. We want to teach future generations the dangers of science, intellectualism, and free thought. We don't want our dystopian novel to actually be about thinking for yourself after all. That would be double plus ungood.''

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->''Speaking ->''... Speaking of villains, make sure all of the smart people are evil. We want to teach future generations the dangers of science, intellectualism, and free thought. We don't want our dystopian novel to actually be about thinking for yourself after all. That would be double plus ungood.''
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->''For twenty years we must stop this brain from functioning.''
-->-- Fascist Prosecutor at the trial of Italian philosopher, Antonio Gramsci[[note]]Gramsci in prison would in fact write his ''Prison Notebooks'' one of the most influential works of political and cultural philosophy of the twentieth century[[/note]]
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-->-- Russian joke

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-->-- Russian jokejoke

->''Speaking of villains, make sure all of the smart people are evil. We want to teach future generations the dangers of science, intellectualism, and free thought. We don't want our dystopian novel to actually be about thinking for yourself after all. That would be double plus ungood.''
-->-- '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1K6eT43DY DYSTOPIAS]]'''
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-->-- ''Literature/{{Matilda}}''

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-->-- ''Literature/{{Matilda}}''''Literature/{{Matilda}}''

->''In Soviet Russia, cops always patrol in threes: One who knows how to read, one who knows how to write, and the third to keep an eye on these two dangerous intellectuals.''
-->-- Russian joke
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-->-- ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''

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-->-- ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''

->''"I don't want to know what it's about," Mr. Wormwood barked. "I'm fed up with your reading anyway. Go and find yourself something useful to do."\\
With frightening suddenness he now began ripping pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste paper basket.\\
Matilda froze in horror. The father kept going. There seemed little doubt that the man felt some kind of jealousy. How dare she, he seemed to be saying with each rip of a page, how dare she enjoy reading books when he couldn’t? How dare she?''
-->-- ''Literature/{{Matilda}}''
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-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''

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-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''

->'''Gaston:''' Le Fou, I'm afraid I've been thinking.\\
'''Le Fou:''' A dangerous pasttime...\\
'''Gaston:''' I know!
-->-- ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''
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->''"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"''
-->--'''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''

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