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I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.
If you cannot be accused of exclusivity, you are not discipling.
The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.
All scientific progress requires a climate of strong skepticism.
In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.
As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists.
States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.
I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics.
I'm not an attorney or a person who does intellectual property .
Anne Romaine collected her own parallel archive to [Alex] Haley.
You can hardly be a classicist and not be interested in theatre.
You don't want to rely on an expert to tell you what lies ahead.
Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners.
The ice sheets seem to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule.
Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.
If you're fascinated by America, you'll be fascinated by family.
Is this complicated, risky [banking] system the best we can have?
Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon.
Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.
Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.
Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.
Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.
We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.
I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.
Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.
There's a broad range of fashion: knitwear, textiles, journalism.
My day job is working on Roman history and ancient Roman history.
Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.
The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.
Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas.
Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.
Any simple claim that you need religion to be good is flat wrong.
Every gift requires two freedoms: the giver's and the receiver's.
To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.
If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company.
When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life.
Labor is getting more expensive and technology is getting cheaper.
Ideas percolate. Through natural selection, the best ones survive.
Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.
Nature's deepest laws, her only true laws, are her invisible ones.
Women who are too easy to attract are perceived as less desirable.
Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.
every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .
Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one
You can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close.
God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.
We are born in mystery, we live in mystery, and we die in mystery.
The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.