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In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole planet that has… — Pope John Paul II
Death is the most misunderstood phenomenon. People have thought of death as the end of life. That is the first, basic misunderstanding. — Rajneesh
I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of… — Catherine O'Hara
But for the Jews this moral-spiritual issue raises the same societal problem it does for the Greeks: how can a man have the "right" to… — Kenny Smith
The happy individual is able to renew daily and with full consciousness all the basic expressions of human identity: work, love, communication, play, and rest. — Robert Grudin
Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in… — Ronald Reagan
Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it. — Ronald Reagan
But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In… — Ronald Reagan
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to… — Nathaniel Borenstein
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. — William Zinsser
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter, the craft is… — Janis Ian
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to… — Laura Nyro
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners.… — Quentin Crisp
We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the coming years — Hiroyuki Watanabe
If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds… — Vaclav Havel
Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted… — Stephen Covey
How many of my basic principles were upset by this change in my attitude toward the Christian Social movement! My views with regard to anti-Semitism… — Adolf Hitler
A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary… — Vaclav Havel
Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic idea emerges with… — Albert Einstein
Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the… — Albert Einstein

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