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Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings — George Tooker
A good addiction is a contradiction in terms. Anything people can't give up or must have is not healthy, no matter what the activity. — Jody Dean
If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make… — A.J. Ayer
Science, with its experiments and logic, tries to understand the order or structure of the universe. Religion, with its theological inspiration and reflection, tries to… — Charles Hard Townes
Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena of culture by… — Robert Lowie
The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should… — Elizabeth Blackwell
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible… — Henry Home, Lord Kames
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of nature, rather than… — Roy Rappaport
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to… — Ramana Maharshi
This is the unique element in the gospel, which tells us that what we could never do, God has done. We cannot climb up to… — Norman Anderson
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. — Denis Waitley
I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off… — Hank Aaron
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own… — Arlo Guthrie
We're all looking at the people around us, the people who have gone before us who have succeeded in recovery and have long-term sobriety and… — Scott Stevens
I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools. — Eli Broad
I think America as a whole has come more to terms with separating war from the warrior. — Jeffrey Dunn
Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind… — Eugene H. Peterson
The man-worshipers, in my sense of the term, are those who see man's highest potential and strive to actualize it. The man-haters are those who… — Ayn Rand
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition,… — Felix Mendelssohn
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if… — Philip Khuri Hitti

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