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Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations Â— not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of… — Elie Wiesel
I'm a child myself, in the sense that I'm still looking. Children are fascinated by black holes and ask me questions. I find they soon… — Stephen Hawking
Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed… — Thomas Frank
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. — Geronimo
My own field of paleontology has strongly challenged the Darwinian premise that life's major transformations can be explained by adding up, through the immensity of… — Stephen Jay Gould
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained. — Dick Gregory
The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained. — Robbie Coltraine
It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give… — Quentin Crisp
Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people. — Rachel Cusk
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a… — Richard Dawkins
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have… — Rene Descartes
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because… — Brian Eno
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. — Aldous Huxley
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it… — Joseph Wood Krutch
If liberalism discredited itself, Obama woulda never gotten elected, and the New Deal woulda gone by the wayside, and LBJ woulda never gotten the Great… — Rush Limbaugh
It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained. — Chuck Palahniuk
Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We… — Chuck Palahniuk
So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in… — Steven Pinker
I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet… — Brad Pitt
Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral values, explained human… — Dennis Prager

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