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Quantum physics forms the foundation of chemistry, explaining how molecules are held together. It describes how real solids and materials behave and how electricity is… — Neil Turok
My birthday is a day when all I want is to bask in the love of my family and rarely accept offers for concerts and… — Kailash Kher
In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma had… — Colm Toibin
When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a… — Pat Barker
The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for homophobia and as… — Jessica Valenti
If we want a great future in this world, we have to take God at his word, and God makes it really clear that society… — Kirk Cameron
Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is -… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held… — Lupita Nyong'o
When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation… — John Lasseter
The only time I had what you would call life-threatening fear was when I was on the Moon. Towards the end of our stay, we… — Charles Duke
All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man. — Malcolm X
The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of human rights or… — Roger Waters
It is inadmissible that systems of ideas like religions, which have held so considerable a place in history, and to which, in all times, men… — Emile Durkheim
The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage.… — Chuck Palahniuk
In keeping with original Mormon teachings, much of the property in Hildale and Colorado City is held in trust for the church. Striving to be… — Scott Anderson
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked… — Thomas Steinbeck
During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby. — Mike Quigley
It has always been clear that The Washington Post is a company that is set up for the purpose of protecting the long-term interests of… — Jonathan Grayer
In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that… — John Tyler Bonner
We see that pedantry has never been held in such esteem for the government of the world as in our times, and it offers as… — Giordano Bruno

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