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Paul Erdos has a theory that God has a book containing all the theorems of mathematics with their absolutely most beautiful proofs, and when he… — Unknown Author
As I progressed further with my project, it became obvious that it was really unimportant where I chose to photograph. The particular place simply provided… — George A Tice
Voting in particular is an embarrassment, being a public display of weak character and low intelligence. Let us face the truth: Democracy, like spitting in… — Fred Reed
We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this… — Iain McGilchrist
There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built… — Empedocles
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view… — Herodotus
The work is primarily subject-driven. All decisions flow from there. The photographs are all made in response to a unique subject, in particular context, at a… — Gregory Heisler
In Latin America in general, and Cuba in particular, poets have been the inspiration behind struggles for independence, struggles for freedom of all sorts. — Margarita Engle
God was on the move; God is on the move; and God will always be on the move. Those who walk with God and listen… — Scot McKnight
Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track… — Madeleine Blais
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present. — Laila Lalami
However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness. — Elizabeth Noble
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or… — William Ames
The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. — William Bennett
I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says,… — John Kenneth Galbraith
On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when it is a duty of all who, being qualified in point of… — John Stuart Mill
We're looking to identify funds if we can. We're also looking at other resources to assist the government in making this a reality, ... At… — Unknown Author
By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence. — Andrzej Wajda
It is as if there were in the human consciousness a sense of reality, a feeling of objective presence, a perception of what we may… — William James
Gardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular, right at the moment you… — Jamaica Kincaid
If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to… — Fredric Jameson
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I… — Ludwig Feuerbach
I do think it imperative that you recover from fear of rejection. Forgive me, but that is the sin of pride, and you must avoid… — John Farrar
I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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