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If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
The DEEP SEA has more history in it than all the museums of the world-combined.
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators.
Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex.
I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
To air one's views gratuitously, is to imply that the demand for them is brisk.
If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality.
Kant thinks we can show that there is no contradiction in supposing we are free.
Imperialism or globalization - I don't have to care what it's called to hate it.
A totally honest organization would never hide or disguise actions or stonewall.
If drugs are bad, any respectable society should do something to deal with them.
Companies, however unintentionally, choke the motivation out of their employees.
Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later.
What kind of city we wish to build should reflect our personal wishes and needs.
There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.
For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.
And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.
I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.
Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.
You can control your choices but you can't control the outcome of those choices.
The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.
There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.
Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink.
People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.
If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own.
The building blocks of discrimination tend to be similar wherever you find them.
People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?
God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.
We cannot find God for the same reason that a thief can't find a police officer.
The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries.
We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.
All of history is a kind of broken marriage and God puts it back together again.
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.
A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.
Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.
The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.
If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).
I committed to doing everything I could to put compassion on the scientific map.
Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.
For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.
We don't need to reject or disparage technology. We need to put it in its place.
I've been studying the psychology of online connectivity for more than 30 years.
When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.
When I was younger, I didn't even realize the way I think visually is different.
Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.
In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
Researchers, treatment providers - we all have a stake in the drug hysteria game.