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Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few…

— Angela Davis

My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of…

— George Saunders

I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants,…

— Albert Einstein

The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we…

— Jasper Fforde

My political life has been informed by the view that if there was any truth to religion there wouldn't really be any…

— Christopher Hitchens

The most important part of vehicle maintenance is clean windows, so if you are broken down you will enjoy the beauty of…

— Dan Eldon

Progressives and Islamists are indeed on the same side. Their common disdain for Christianity explains why left-wing judges in America find any…

— Gary Bauer

I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a…

— Guy Garvey

Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs,…

— David Ben-Gurion

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was…

— Rakim

I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

The biggest surprise on the soulful journey to authenticity, whether as a philosophy or a spiritual path, is that the path is…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

I certainly think that the world views the United States as a place to be respected. All over the world our values…

— Condoleezza Rice

Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing…

— Malcolm Turnbull

This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions…

— David Attenborough

I still subscribe to the minority view that all horses are offensive weapons and not to be trusted a yard.

— M.M. Kaye

It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate,…

— John Calvin

What is the purpose and meaning and nature of sexual intercourse? It seems to me to be quite clear. It's for two…

— Janet E. Smith

...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the…

— Friedrich Engels

I look for the essence of a story and a human angle that I think audiences can relate to. I also look…

— Hrithik Roshan

Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.

— David Brin

Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their…

— Ernest L. Boyer

There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the…

— Eric Foner

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they…

— Carl Sagan