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• One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism.… — Theodore Bikel
• One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e.,… — Ayn Rand
• The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever… — James C. Collins
• The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying… — Ibn Ata Allah
• In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to… — Azar Nafisi
• Ascribing racial animus to people who are trying to safeguard democratic integrity is a crude yet effective political tactic that… — Edwin Meese
• To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am… — Thomas Jefferson
• People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed… — Daniel Goleman
• Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political… — Ayn Rand
• Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God… — D. A. Carson
• Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His. — Jerry Bridges
• In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I… — Seth Shostak

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