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It is not logical for art to be logical. Art goes against the grain of the times as readily as it goes with it and…
— Harold Rosenberg
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We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have…
— Clement Greenberg
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Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which…
— Roger Scruton
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The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point…
— Diane Duane
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Biology will tell you a lot of things, but there are many that it can not explain and you need to look at physics instead.
— Walter Gilbert
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Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're trained to respond…
— Chris Hadfield
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Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.
— John Hartford
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Buying pollution credits is folly; it doesn't help the environment. Instead of using tax dollars to buy credits overseas, we'll use them at home.
— Stephen Harper
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The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat…
— Kenny Loggins
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The Fishable Waters Act shares the same intent of the Clean Water Act by proposing to fulfill goals that have not yet been met to…
— Stephen Moyer
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So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with…
— Camryn Manheim
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My parents recognized something in me that they encouraged instead of deflated, and I'll always be grateful to them for that.
— Graham Nash
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I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead…
— Taslima Nasrin
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The way that you eliminate bad and ugly is either through activism and policy making that never tolerates evil -- instead of the liberal politically…
— Ted Nugent
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Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead,…
— John Charles Polanyi
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Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.
— Hjalmar Schacht
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Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by…
— B. H. Liddell Hart
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Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
— Wyndham Lewis
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Instead of the vast organization to exploit the weakness of the Many, should we not possess one for the exploitation of the intelligence of the…
— Wyndham Lewis
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Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
— Omar Bongo
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The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter with…
— Walter J. Phillips
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Disarmament should be conducive to the enhancement of every country's general security instead of becoming the instrument and means for a few countries to strengthen…
— Sha Zukang
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The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in…
— David Brooks
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If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly…
— Isocrates
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