"Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse." — Jean-Francois Lyotard

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• While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on… — John O. Brennan
• Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable… — William S. Burroughs
• There are reasons why Religious Right Evangelicals will continue to dominate religious discourse, not only in their own sector of… — Tony Campolo
• One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy,… — Nick Clegg
• If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world… — Eric Alterman
• If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold,… — Taisen Deshimaru
• Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is… — Jacques Ellul
• The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of… — Salman Rushdie
• Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every… — Henry David Thoreau
• Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels, but they live… — Samuel Johnson
• Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination,… — Thomas Jefferson
• We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it… — John Steinbeck

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