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The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the possibility that homo… — Arthur Koestler
Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men. — Catharine MacKinnon
There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them,… — Lord Byron
So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality… — Plato
And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives… — Plato
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or… — Socrates
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice. — Socrates
If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we… — Plato
An unexamined life is a life of no account. — Socrates
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… — Socrates
Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent… — Mark Krikorian
A Machine to Make a Future is an insightful and creative contribution to the literature--both scholarly and journalistic--on contemporary genomics. By 'experimenting' with narrative genre,… — Unknown Author
I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter… — Mark Feuerstein
In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is the way it… — Unknown Author
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And… — Herodotus
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things,… — Socrates
Contrary to popular accounts, very few scientists in the world - possibly none - have a sufficiently thorough, 'big picture' understanding of the climate system… — Roy Spencer
Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and still… — E. J. Dionne
The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices. It is impossible to see… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Senior men have no monopoly on great ideas. Nor do creative people. Some of the best ideas come from account executives, researchers and others. Encourage… — David Ogilvy
There is nothing so deep and nothing so shallow which political enmity will not turn to account. — John Quincy Adams
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of… — Thomas Paine
There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality. — Thomas Nagel
The problem is one of opposition between subjective and objective points of view. There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before… — Thomas Nagel
It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or… — John Milton

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