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Everything Brecht wroteâ€”plays, dialogues, and poetryâ€”was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also… — Richard Foreman
Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity. — Pope Innocent III
The reality is that a consumer culture which chucks out its iPhones for a new version every nine months is completely unsustainable, because Earth has… — Justin Sane
After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that… — Lindsey Buckingham
Many people believe that the current system must inevitably end in total annihilation. They reject, sometimes very emotionally, any attempts to analyze this notion. — Herman Kahn
When an apologist attempts to be autonomous in his reasoned argumentation he indicates that he considers God to be less certain than his own existence… — Greg L. Bahnsen
Science attempts to figure out laws and then uses it later. While the work of art reflects the cosmic order without asking for an explanation — Alija Izetbegovic
If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at… — Herman E. Daly
All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint. — Simon Newcomb
It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago. — Hannes Alfven
I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didnâ€™t go out and get a quarterback to help me so I… — Ricky Williams
Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it. — Karl Popper
Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich Hayek should make… — Philip E. Agre
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature,… — David Hume
Human myopia cannot be overcome simply by well-meaning attempts to build [climate] models that purport to peer decades and centuries ahead. Action taken now, in… — Colin Robinson
These systems attempt to box God into a government confined within the perspective of man. Yet when humanity is used as the starting point for… — Tony Evans
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a… — Thomas Sprat
Restoration ecology is experimental science, a science of love and altruism. In its attempts to reverse the processes of ecosystem degradation it runs exactly counter… — Stephanie Mills
One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is… — Samuel Gompers

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