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Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What is the source… — Elaine Pagels
There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal with… — Ezra Taft Benson
Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear… — H.G. Wells
No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the countryâ€™s dissidents and marginalized who bear… — Glenn Greenwald
Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to… — Pope John Paul II
The last two - distractions and fears - are the dangerous ones. They're the habitual demons that invade the launch of any project. No one… — Twyla Tharp
There are only a few images that are not forced to provide meaning, or have to go through the filter of a specific idea. — Jean Baudrillard
I have a suggestion: When a temple is conveniently nearby, small things may interrupt your plans to go to the temple. Set specific goals, considering… — Richard G. Scott
Truth is power, but only when one has patience and requires of it no immediate effect. And one must have no specific aims. Somehow, lack… — Romano Guardini
People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A.â€”or America. — Isabel Lucas
Human learning presupposes a specific social nature and a process by which children grow into the intellectual life of those around them — Lev S. Vygotsky
There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions — Florence Nightingale
The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific… — Florence Nightingale
The ability to infer the specific content of another person's thoughts and feelings. — William Ickes
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental… — Edward Sapir
Although a biologist, I must confess I do not understand how life came about...Â I consider that life only starts at the level of a… — Werner Arber
What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand the changes of many personal… — C. Wright Mills
The time and thought which most persons waste in aimless effort would accomplish wonders if properly directed with some special object in view. In order… — Charles F. Haanel
I would love to do special products for specific countries. As we go ahead and learn the territories, we're going to do exclusives for each… — Tory Burch
I've been hit in the head so many times, it's hard to remember that far back. I don't remember specific games. — Jim McMahon

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