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Part of the main plan of imperialism... is that we will give you your history, we will write it for you, we will re-order the… — Edward Said
I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment. — Ernest Lawrence
Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and… — George C. Williams
Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires constant vigilance against… — George Gilder
You will be favorable to Burr, and so must fail, because the American reader cannot bear a surprise. He knows that this is the greatest… — Gore Vidal
What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make… — Francois Hollande
[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most… — Thomas Malthus
The courts demand that every religious person must accommodate a single atheist who might be 'offended' at the favorable mention of God's name. But no… — Cal Thomas
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes. — Norman Vincent Peale
In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it! — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is neither favorable nor unfavorable, because no one is there to favor it. — Frederick Lenz
For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the… — Alain Resnais
Every thing useful and beneficial to man, seems to be connected with obedience to the laws of his nature, the inclinations, the duties, and the… — Samuel Williams
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the… — Erich Fromm
Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common -… — Baltasar Gracian
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. — W.C. Fields
A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn… — Orison Swett Marden
Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what… — Joyce Meyer
The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King… — Mercy Otis Warren
Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. — Ambrose Bierce
What he says, even on his knees, about his own sinfulness is all parrot talk. At bottom, he still believes he has run up a… — C.S. Lewis
[She was singing] a senseless singsong, so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favorable opinion of… — Virginia Woolf
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.… — C.S. Lewis
I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have,… — Mahatma Gandhi
If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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