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Everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Matter of fact, the exact opposite word of 'hip-hop,' I think, is 'gay.' Like yo, you play a… — Kanye West
We should all be aware of the fact that when revolutionary - not evolutionary - changes come, things can get even worse. The intelligentsia should… — Vladimir Putin
It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education in life from… — Bernie Siegel
The protestant martyrs and their monuments testify to the fact that they died, not on account of ecclesial differences, but because the issue was the… — Alistair Begg
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years… — John Paul Stevens
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some… — William J. Brennan
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in… — Jan Schakowsky
It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the… — Unknown Author
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society, at least for… — Helen Prejean
If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers,… — Unknown Author
Maybe stories are just data with a soul. — BrenÃ© Brown
Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence. — Rosalynn Carter
But the involuntary tricks of memory and the voluntary ones of imagination make always such terrible havoc of facts that truth, be it ever so… — Unknown Author
During the hard training phase never be afraid to take a day off. If your legs are feeling unduly stiff and sore, rest; if you… — Bruce Fordyce
One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open, free, and democratic… — Vartan Gregorian
The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in… — George Orwell
It takes resolution to go forth from the ease and beautiful simplicity of a well-formed hypothesis and struggle with amorphous facts. — John Maurice Clark
Unlike physics, for example, such parts of the bare bones of economic theory as are expressible in mathematical form are extremely easy compared with the… — John Maynard Keynes
It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability of… — Unknown Author
However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is some assurance that… — Paul Krugman
Economists are like computers. They need to have facts punched into them. — Kenneth E. Boulding
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate… — Thomas Piketty
[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes and, of… — John C. Calhoun
Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman

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