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University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. — Henry A. Kissinger
Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes,… — Tony Kushner
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the… — C.S. Lewis
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent… — Walter Lippmann
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's… — Eric Liu
Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds. — Hilary Mantel
What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely. — Ian Mcewan
At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not… — Angela Merkel
How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of… — Michael Moore
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data. — John Naisbitt
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy… — George Orwell
If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too narrow and elitist. — Camille Paglia
The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian… — Steven Pinker
The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye… — Ezra Pound
Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life… — Dennis Prager
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function… — Ayn Rand
To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. — Tom Robbins
In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest. — John Buchanan Robinson
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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