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In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minimal… — Philippe Starck
More important than innate disposition, objective experience, and environment is the subjective evaluation of these. Furthermore, this evaluation stands in a certain, often strange, relation… — Alfred Adler
The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective. — Manuel Puig
War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups,… — Mao Zedong
Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of all the countries of the world. The only ones who… — Mao Zedong
The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Simply put: Thanksgiving is the day when the dominant white culture (and, sadly, most of the rest of the non-white but non-indigenous population) celebrates the… — Robert Jensen
The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of certain… — Arthur Balfour
But those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain… — Joseph Goebbels
Gauss replied, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, that he had them long ago, all he was worrying about was… — Rene Dubos
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper was by Dorothy… — Paul Halmos
Every decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after the obligatory, I… — Lanford Wilson
What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of… — Howard Gordon
I want to seduce the audience. If they can go along for a ride they wouldn't ordinarily take, or don't even know they're taking, then… — Paula Vogel
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a… — David Henry Hwang
There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them. — Vincent de Paul
From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy with… — Bertrand Russell
A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. — Joseph Conrad
... if one were to refuse to have direct, geometric, intuitive insights, if one were reduced to pure logic, which does not permit a choice… — Henri Lebesgue
There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result to… — Alfred North Whitehead
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to… — J. Boone
There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques. — Jean-Francois Cope
The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able to explain certain… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker

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