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Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of… — Rudolf Arnheim
So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail… — John Owen
Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the… — Bertrand Russell
Time... is an essential requirement for effective research. An investigator may be given a palace to live in, a perfect laboratory to work in, he… — Walter Bradford Cannon
Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none. — Francis Bacon
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or… — Julian Huxley
She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the… — Thomas Jefferson
God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked… — M. Scott Peck
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing. — George Orwell
I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had… — Vera Wang
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences, your education, your… — Rajneesh
I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning… — Martin Luther
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given… — Origen
You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins, but we have… — Saint John Chrysostom
Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a… — Albert Einstein
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life. — Frank Stella
People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is. — Pablo Picasso
The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the… — Helen Keller

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