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We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
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“Year after year goes by, and nothing gets better. All we do is argue and debate and procrastinate. Any decent idea is… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. On the due digestion of the former depend the strength and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
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There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
It is a time when Irish women can link - as they are linking - through networks. They can do this through… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
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I don't know Condoleezza Rice personally. I'm sure she's a nice lady, and I'm sure she plays the piano well. But she… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
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While the TPP - like any trade deal - is a subject of vigorous debate, its benefits are clear. The TPP will… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
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Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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Hume's doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As soon as one point alone is removed from the sphere of dogmatic certainty, the discussion will not simply result in a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
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This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment, but I think that the national… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
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