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Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there… — P.J. O'Rourke
Probably our atomic weights merely represent a mean value around which the actual atomic weights of the atoms vary within certain narrow limits... when we… — William Crookes
If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree… — John Stuart Mill
We have no other notion of cause and effect, but that of certain objects, which have always conjoin'd together, and which in all past instances… — David Hume
'Men die of the diseases which they have studied most,' remarked the surgeon, snipping off the end of a cigar with all his professional neatness… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a mistake to make propaganda many-sided, like scientific instruction, for instance... As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided,… — Adolf Hitler
When there is change, it must not alter the content of what propaganda is driving at, but in the end must always say the same… — Adolf Hitler
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance,… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. — Ferdinand de Saussure
The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when… — Edmund Burke
It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market will somehow bring… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion. — Geoffrey Beene
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times… — Richard John Neuhaus
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance.… — Julian Baggini
Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son… — Patrick Duffy
I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia,… — Jon Ronson
Curiously, a principle affects your life whether you are aware of it or not. For instance, the principle of gravity was working long before the… — Andy Andrews
It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in… — Drew Brees
I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the… — Anthony Daniels
Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain… — Barbara Deming

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