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S'mimasen," Alyss said repeatedly as they brushed against passerby. "What does that mean?" Will asked as they reached a stretch of street… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
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There are a lot of scientists or other people who can be very skeptical or rational within their field, but they may… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
There would be a blaze and a confusion, in which timid men would doubt whether the constitution would be burned to tinder… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
You come to work knowing you're going to do good work without any doubt. You can go where you need to go… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
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When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My daughter is 12, and we have an amazing relationship. She knows without a doubt that she can literally come to me… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
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But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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Every woman knows what I'm talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field;… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
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I have been asked, Many Times, In many different ways, All of my life, Are you real? I have indeed pondered this… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
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Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Im good at getting information and synthesizing it. Its not that I doubt myself on that. Its, do you have the Ph.D.… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
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I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I had an upbringing in which I was allowed to be free and use my mind. My parents only helped me to… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
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I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks… — James Randi Copy Share Image
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Though your views are in straight antagonism to theirs, assume an identity of sentiment, assume that you are saying precisely thatwhich all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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