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But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these… — Amartya Sen
After 17' is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that's kind of where I'm at in that part of… — Alan Jackson
If they prescribe pain killers that may increase the possibility of death so long as their specific intention was not to end life." "Doctors should… — Joe Lieberman
But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather crude… — Jacob Bronowski
The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is… — Peter Drucker
The power of nonviolence is not circumstance-specific. It is as applicable to the problems that confront us now, as to problems that confronted generations in… — Marianne Williamson
As patterns of obedience develop, the specific blessings associated with obedience are realized and belief emerges. Desire, hope, and belief are forms of faith, but… — Kevin W. Pearson
Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages - the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in… — Barack Obama
My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your… — Johnny Depp
The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was… — Gloria Estefan
Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its… — Brian Ferneyhough
We've always been here and we'll always be here. We are a specific arrangement of particles and this instant is infinite. Did we luck out,… — Jeffrey Rowland
Often, feelings of sadness, uneasiness, and loneliness are vague and unattached to specific events. This makes it more challenging to find ways to turn you… — G. Alan Marlatt
Traditional dinosaur theory is full of short circuits. Like the antiquated wiring in an old house, the details sputter and burn out when specific parts… — Robert T. Bakker
Instead of suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make this conflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflict… — Albert Low
According to the bible, Heaven is completely perfect and Hell is completely evil. In Heaven, in order to keep everything completely perfect, everyone in it… — William Carroll
What I want to express is a feeling-various emotions that I am experiencing at the time-whether it is anger or hope or anything else, and… — Rei Kawakubo
It's not about having a specific set time; both personal and professional lives are 24/7. It's simply, more about making the right allocation to each… — Ellen J. Kullman
You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be… — Wolf Blitzer
Exercise and sports are greatly affected by what goes into the mind, and the mind is greatly affected by sports and exercise as well. This… — Grete Waitz

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