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There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment… — Cristiano Ronaldo
Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. — Mahatma Gandhi
Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as it expresses absolute… — Thomas Huxley
That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive that 'white man,' as commonly… — Malcolm X
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five points is ... a demon… — Thomas Jefferson
Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that… — Annie Besant
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean!… — Cate Blanchett
[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could. — William Cowper
Consciousness... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly as it presents itself… — William James
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much… — Oliver Goldsmith
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart… — Carl Sagan
Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one. — John Maynard Keynes
We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation within a sphere described with… — Immanuel Kant
Groups do not have experiences except insofar as all their members do. And there are no experiences... that all the members of a scientific community… — Thomas Kuhn
The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable, even if they… — Karl Popper
Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things… — George Johnson
Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a… — Benoit Mandelbrot
Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to which it may… — Aberjhani
The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we are tossed along… — Stephen Batchelor

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