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Two thousand people a day were being murdered in Vietnam in a terrorist war, an official terrorist war.
Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.
Food availability is not really the issue. The quality of the food is what we recognize is the problem.
What I desire to point out is that I wish the law was not so, but that being the law, I must follow it.
Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.
There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.
Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.
When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'
We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not.
Every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them.
The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.
There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid.
Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.
[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.
Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
Man must now assume the responsibility for his world. He can no longer shove it off on religious power.
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.
99 percent of what you see is not what comes in through the eyes. It is what you infer about that room.
Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.
It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.
The ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion between oneself and others.
If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”.
If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific.
It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.
A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so.
Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies.
All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.
Some of the worst elements of Guyland rest on the twin pillars of men's silence and women's compliance.
Those periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.
Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated , and defended privately by each person.
The holy grail would be to turn a knob, and out comes the nanotube of the right diameter and chirality.
One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.
They have hyped up HIV into this super-rapist but in reality the damn thing can hardly get an erection.
Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.
Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
Remember to always dream. More importantly, work hard to make those dreams come true and never give up.
Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement
The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.
The way we are educated and entertained keep us from knowing about or understanding the pain of others.
Our mobile devices are so powerful that they don't just change what we do, they're changing who we are.
The bottom line is, if you're not the one controlling your learning, you're not going to learn as well.
Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.
When you win an election, you are always inclined to believe you won for the reasons you wanted to win.
Human kind has little or nothing to do with the recent temperature changes. We are not that influential
It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior.
There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild.
If we were going to look at how pharmalogical drugs influence crime, we should probably look at alcohol.
A dozen extra steps becomes a tremendous aggravation when you are pushing your edge out hour after hour.
Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God Himself.
Marketing is all about providing information that will heighten someone's anticipated and real pleasure.