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Scientists don't know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and I don't believe it… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Anyone who would attempt the task of felling a virgin forest with a penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the reformer… — Ellen Key
Mountains have been formed by one [or other] of the causes of the formation of stone, most probably from agglutinative clay which slowly dried and… — Avicenna
It's an experiment, and it's probably good to have a couple states try it out to see before you make that national policy. — Bill Gates
I'm not saying pot is a bad thing. I know plenty of people who should be smoking pot. I'm just not one of those people.… — Mary-Louise Parker
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is bad scholarship to… — William Butler Yeats
We must drop the idea that change comes slowly. It does ordinarily - in part because we think it does. Today changes must come fast;… — Donald M. Nelson
Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development. — G. Stanley Hall
I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll… — Karen Allen
Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until… — Unknown Author
[What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny… — George Orwell
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always… — John Quiggin
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good… — Douglas Coupland
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a… — Gene Siskel
Many people assume that they can probably find many ways to save time. This is an incorrect assumption for it is only when you focus… — Douglas Merrill
Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young… — Paul Arden
People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the bands existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening.… — Greg Ginn
We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are… — Steve Albini
I donâ€™t shout the loudest, and Iâ€™m quite shy, which was why I was reluctant to throw myself into the public eye. I love beauty,… — Sarah Burton
With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the war... To question… — John Fogerty

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