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Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from the kind of… — James Cameron
Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make… — Robert Wyatt
I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey
If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning… — Tom Rath
Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.… — Peter Drucker
A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they… — Russell Lynes
All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make… — George Orwell
Failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else's opinion of how a certain act should have been completed. Once you believe that no act… — Wayne Dyer
'This' pain I can see it but I can't feel it It haunts me When I cut myself I can see where the pain is… — Melanie
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty… — John Dewey
No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility. — Peter Drucker
Biologists have long attempted by chemical means to induce in higher organisms predictable and specific changes which thereafter could be transmitted in series as hereditary… — Oswald Avery
It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. — Francis Crick
The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen,… — Gordon Allport
How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term… — Pele
Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Moreover, the… — Lawrence M. Krauss
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature. — Ernst Mayr
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter

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