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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of discovery is…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think,…
— Graydon Carter
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Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.
— Alain Vigneault
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Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
— Langston Hughes
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Those who don’t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off…
— Thomas Jefferson
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God hates the LUKEWARM GOSPEL OF HALF-TRUTHS that is now spreading over the Globe. This gospel says, 'Just believe in Jesus and…
— David Wilkerson
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Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are…
— Eddie Adams
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The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they…
— D. Michael Quinn
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There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths.…
— Okakura Kakuzo
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The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to…
— Tom Stoppard
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Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a…
— Stefan Kieszling
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