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Looking to biology to explain the low prevalence of eating disorders among men is like looking to genetics to explain why nonsmokers do not get… — Susan Bordo
Even child abuse specialists do not routinely screen for domestic violence. This shows how much more education we need to do, even among experts, to… — Unknown Author
Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house that… — Colin Fletcher
There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were… — Ken Follett
There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of… — Samuel Johnson
As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a… — Elisabeth Shue
Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine,… — Susan Collins
I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best. — Rex Stout
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest… — Sophocles
Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English. — Alfred de Musset
The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless… — Andre Breton
Those who are incapable of attaining to supreme religious values include the black coloured people and those who resemble them in their climates. Their nature… — Maimonides
Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels. — David Ogilvy
However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth… — Daniel Kahneman
Religion is a feature of cultural evolution that, among other things, addresses anxieties created by cultural evolution; it helps keep social change safe from itself. — Robert Wright
Life has a way of breaking even the strongest among us. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us… — Glenn Miller
I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy is still brandy.… — Sholom Aleichem
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud,… — L. Tom Perry
Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why, in the final… — Pope Benedict XVI
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much… — Pope Benedict XVI
How many women are there ... who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in greater suffering than… — Christine de Pizan
Just because something is invisible doesn't mean it isn't there. At any given time, there are a host of invisibles floating among us. There are… — Claire Messud

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