I think that what started out as a European Union originally was probably a really wonderful and world-changing idea, the idea of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
All fear of 'offensive' speech is bourgeois and reactionary. Historically, profane or bawdy language was common in both the upper and the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking, but I think what these activities have in… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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Very close cousins like humans and chimps have almost all their genes in common. Slightly less close cousins like humans and monkeys… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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It's not right to respond to terrorism by terrorizing other people. And furthermore, it's not going to help. Then you might say,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very same mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge. The algorithmic assessment of information,… — Tarleton Gillespie Copy Share Image
I suppose I'd had, by the standards of that pre-permissive time, a good deal of sex for my age. Girls, or a… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
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Christ has something in common with all creatures. With the stone he shares existence, with the plants he shares life, with the… — Bonaventure Copy Share Image
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I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
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Learning how to access a continuity of common sense can be one of your most efficient accomplishments in this decade. Can you… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
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A novel which survives, which withstands and outlives time, does do something more than merely survive. It does not stand still. It… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The rides are different for everyone. I'm convinced of that now. I mean, sure, there are some we ride together. Either we… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The yearning for the common good comes from the refusal to accept that perhaps Americans have very little in common apart from… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
For fifty years, we heard NATO is necessary to save Western Europe from the Russian hordes, you know the slave state, stuff… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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