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By contrast with history, evolution is an unconscious process. Another, and perhaps a better way of putting it would be to say that evolution is… — Owen Barfield
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right… — H. L. Mencken
One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is impossible for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from the appearance of the people or the country whether he is… — Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us. — Eric Hoffer
Religions are not imaginative, not poetic, not soulful. On the contrary, they are parochial, small-minded, niggardly with the human imagination, precisely where science is generous. — Richard Dawkins
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which… — Ralph Ellison
I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. — Jean Giraudoux
Even experimental composers, revolutionary composers, self-styled radicals are, in writing revolutionary music, recognizing the music that preceded them precisely by trying to avoid it. — Leonard Bernstein
The great advantage of the sort of education I had was precisely that it made practically no mark upon those subjected to it. — Malcolm Muggeridge
I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority — Henrik Ibsen
Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men. — John Ruskin
Itâ€™s notable that the countries that most pride themselves on their commitment to equality, human rights, and democracy (like the United States and the western… — Aviva Chomsky
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems… — Lydia M. Child
Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is. — P.J. O'Rourke
I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. — Ian Fleming
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is… — John Fowles
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a… — Milan Kundera
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write… — Steven Moffat
The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin… — Hannah Arendt

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