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Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean.…
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Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.
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For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.
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America is an unusually religious nation.
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It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.
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It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.
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Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong…
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Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces…
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Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome…
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Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity.…
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The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about…
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That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks…
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Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
— Paulo Coelho
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Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.
— Jim McMahon
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There can be no freedom of the individual, no democracy, without the capital system, the profit system, the private enterprise system. These…
— Unknown Author
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Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own…
— Jerry Uelsmann
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RE: GSEs like Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: "creditors will continue to underprice the risk-taking of these financial institutions, overfund them, and…
— Unknown Author
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I look around, pretty much 100% of the people driving are texting. And they're killing, everybody's murdering each other with their cars.…
— Louis C. K.
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Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest…
— Martin Scorsese
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Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking.
— Nick Stahl
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It is important to learn from other women. We have a lot to offer and to learn from each other out of…
— Hazel Hawke
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The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and…
— Hazel Hawke
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In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind…
— Peter Senge
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Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles…
— George W. Bush
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