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A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would… — David Limbaugh
Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation of pleasure draws… — Samuel Johnson
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions… — Vernor Vinge
Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There… — Nathaniel Branden
How glorious, then, is the prospect, the reverse of all the past, which is now opening upon us, and upon the world. Government, we may… — Joseph Priestley
Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night. — Max Brooks
I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large… — Mischa Barton
Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their… — Gwendoline Christie
It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw… — Daniel Clowes
The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America… — Gary Ackerman
Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think about and then… — Jesse Eisenberg
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that have entered into… — Antonio Gramsci
Green consumerism generally, and 'healthy' products and lifestyles in particular, contain quite precise notions about how an individual should consider his or her well-being. Not… — Peter Dickens
I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don't hate my fellow man. I think my… — Peter Greenaway
You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular… — Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
The notions of going to work, putting in set hours, and getting 'face time' are increasingly antiquated ideas. Because of technology we have entered a… — Maynard Webb
When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference… — Wendell Berry
The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written of wilderness, of… — Bill McKibben
HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many… — Ambrose Bierce
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal
This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones. — Wes Nisker
Conversation opens our views, and gives our faculties a more vigorous play; it puts us upon turning our notions on every side, and holds them… — William Melmoth
Artists disbelieve and dispute society's most cherished notions. — Eric Maisel
Novelty is vital to the stimulation of life... New neural paths are sparked by caving in to notions. — Robert Genn

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