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Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
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Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That the sight of people attracts still other people, is something that city planners and city architectural designers seem to find incomprehensible.… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
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Newton's law is nothing but the statistics of gravitation, it has no power whatever. Let us get rid of the idea of… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
One may ask the question as to the extent to which the quest for beauty is an aim in the pursuit of… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
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Our perceptions of truth are built around what is practical, not what is true. Even the smartest human brain doesn't have the… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
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Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
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South Africa is not Cameroon. It's a strong economy. I think they should be the first ones setting an example - improving… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image