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Its likely that a general pattern of behavior among threatened human societies is to become more blindered, rather than more focused on the crisis, as… — Ed Ayres
To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth; having the most… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Politically Incorrect was the name of the show Bill Maher hosted in the 1990s. It's also an apt description of the man himself. Now host… — Fareed Zakaria
I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating. — Andy Stern
My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey. — Hamilcar Barca
Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities… — Eric Temple Bell
Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to… — Bertrand Russell
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This… — Pliny the Elder
If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the… — Christa McAuliffe
Just being young and growing up in this business is hard. Just growing up in general is hard. — Justin Bieber
If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government,… — Thomas Jefferson
God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is… — Pearl S. Buck
Then, after I came home from Europe, I found I was under condemnation; and I was condemned at that time because I did not endorse… — John Harvey Kellogg
They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world.… — Richard Dean Anderson
There is a tolerably general agreement about what a university is not. It is not a place of professional education. — John Stuart Mill
Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be… — Vaclav Havel
It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence. — Agnes Repplier
Anarcho-syndic alism took for granted that working people ought to control their own work, its conditions, the enterprises in which they work, along with communities,… — Noam Chomsky
One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know. . . . Once… — William S. Burroughs
Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in… — Edward de Bono
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential… — Henry Knox
It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the… — Aristotle
Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be. — Pepper Schwartz
Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active… — John Searle

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