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I believe it to be of particular importance that the scientist have an articulate and adequate social philosophy, even more important than the average man… — Percy Williams Bridgman
Bring down Mike Mann and we can bring down the IPCC, they reckoned. It is a classic technique for the deniers movement, I have discovered,… — Michael E. Mann
Atheism has become a major threat to the church. New Atheists tend to be articulate and belligerent. They are aggressively engaging in "atheist evangelism," determined… — Dave Hunt
...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their constitutional liberties, in… — Unknown Author
Builders insist that success may never come without a compelling personal commitment to something you care about and would be willing to do with or… — Jerry I. Porras
To insist, even with Olympian assurance, that life appeared quite by chance and evolved in this fashion, is an unfounded supposition which I believe to… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page?… — Jack Heffron
It's still popular to ... insist that globalization is a rising tide that lifts all boats, but the hard reality is that the last thirty… — John Michael Greer
Sometimes we do that to ourselves -- we pit our desires against one another. We insist unnecessarily on seeing one aspect of our personality as… — Julia Serano
Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do. — Bill Willingham
To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the… — Gautama Buddha
Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of… — Laura Davies
People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Sometimes an unimportant incident is capable of turning everything beautiful into a moment of anxiety. We insist on seeing the mote in the eye and… — Paulo Coelho
When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay… — Jacques Audiard
All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose;… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks. — Hunter S. Thompson
People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly! — Aldous Huxley
If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The… — Ernest Newman
The same authorities who insist upon beginnings, middles, and ends, declare that Great Literature (by which they mean the stories they have been taught to… — Gene Wolfe
You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you… — Odetta
Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To… — Unknown Author
The liberated woman is not that modern doll who wears make-up and tasteless clothes. ....The liberation woman is a person who believes that she is… — Ghada al-Samman
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is… — Kate DiCamillo
The first question for me is: Are same-sex unions ‘marriages’? I’m against discrimination, I’m against hatred, I’m in favor of marriage equality, but I don’t… — Maggie Gallagher

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