Consensus wisdom has it that all modern commercial fantasy novels fall into two camps: those derived from J.R.R. Tolkien and those derived… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Normality is merely a matter of consensus; that is, a lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Bitcoin is a currency, bitcoin is a network, bitcoin is a technology and you can't separate these things. A consensus network that… — Andreas Antonopoulos Copy Share Image
Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because it's where the money isn't. Money goes to… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
“While the individual contributions provide the “building block” of creativity; it is the collective consensus on what to do with them that… — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
There's a consensus out that it's OK to kill when your government decides who to kill. If you kill inside the country… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind that the literature on climate change overwhelmingly supports the hypothesis that climate change is caused… — Richard Tol Copy Share Image
I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I think that there is a bipartisan consensus that's incorrect that we should have the whole world be in NATO. For example,… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There was a conservative consensus for an amendment I put forward called Trust, But Verify that would have strengthened border security on… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Obama administration's attempted short-term fixes, even with unprecedented monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, produced average GDP growth of just 2.2%… — Glenn Hubbard Copy Share Image
That's when the vast consensus of the world's climatologists, brought together by the UN and The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, really… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
How do I know that I know this, except that I've always been taught this and never heard anything else? [...] How… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
And you finally get to a consensus, where you get a sense of what really ought to be done, and then they… — Lawrence Halprin Copy Share Image
Clinton saw himself much more as the steward of alliances and of consensus that moved in the right direction. He didn't see… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Consensus politics means that you cannot afford to give the many-headed beast, the public, anything to vote against, for voting against is… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
There was a time when people thought that if you piled a bunch of mortgages together, the top of the pile was… — Ken Moelis Copy Share Image
Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] said on MSNBC's Morning Joe program, "My primary consultant is myself." While this may make consensus easy, the range of… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The best way to reduce emissions and pollution is not through partisan political theater but through developing consensus on areas that will… — Richard Burr Copy Share Image
The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught… — Judy Davis Copy Share Image
I am confident that we will see a growing consensus about the most effective way to transform food in America: building a… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
From the suites of Davos to the streets of Seattle, there is a growing consensus that globalization must now be reshaped to… — John J Sweeney Copy Share Image
“the next time you are in a group of people trying to reach consensus, be the asshole. Every group needs one, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
What happens in our lives is not really anybody's fault but our own... When I was in high school, I was in… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There was a time when everyone thought that Earth was flat. Did this unanimous consensus make any difference to the shape of… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
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