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And just as there are no crimes so detestable that they can prevent the gift of grace, so too there can be… — Prosper of Aquitaine Copy Share Image
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I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths, sitting on a cosmic shelf next to the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
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And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does… — Plato Copy Share Image
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeier’s book teaches the all-important… — Michele Borba Copy Share Image
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Beauty captivates the flesh in order to obtain permission to pass right through to the soul. . . . When the feeling… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
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laughter, that distinctively human emotion, laughter which springs from trust in the other, from willingness to put oneself momentarily in the other's… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The idea of having more technology solving this idea of hyperactive lifestyle is not really the mainstream problem. I think the real… — Horace Dediu Copy Share Image
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