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If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the… — Walter Lang
The most central and irrational faith among people is the faith in technology and economical growth. Its priests believe until their death that material prosperity… — Pentti Linkola
Sharing the code just seems like The Right Thing to Do, it costs us rather little, but it benefits a lot of people in sometimes… — John Carmack
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the… — Johan Huizinga
The Universe wants to play. Those who refuse out of dry spiritual greed & choose pure contemplation forfeit their humanity - those who refuse out… — Hakim Bey
Though we must hold to our faith in the evolution of species, there is little evidence as to how it has come about, and no… — William Bateson
Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my… — Moses Mendelssohn
The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof — Mary McCarthy
Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the… — Randy Alcorn
The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need… — Thad Matta
High blood pressure, cheeriness at breakfast, a mellowing political philosophy, and an inability to drink more than half a bottle of proof spirits at cocktail… — Lucius Beebe
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run… — Robert Andrews Millikan
If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely… — Gregory of Nyssa
Thus the evidence given by those five new thigh bones of the morphological and functional distinctness of Pithecanthropus erectus furnishes proof, at the same time,… — Eugene Dubois
Another roof, another proof. — Paul Erdos
The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him:… — Anne Desclos
O was infinitely more moving when her body was covered with marks, of whatever kind, if only because these marks made it impossible for her… — Anne Desclos
Ephemerality is the little magazine's generic fate; by promptly dying it gives proof that it remained loyal to its first program. — Frederick Crews
Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing… — Reinhold Niebuhr
I read in the proof sheets of Hardy on Ramanujan: "As someone said, each of the positive integers was one of his personal friends." My… — John Edensor Littlewood

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