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"If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age."
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Jacques Barzun
"If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age."
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"Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy."
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Anna Julia Cooper
"Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy."
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"In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion."
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Carol P. Christ
"In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion."
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"Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice."
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Jacques Barzun
"Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice."
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"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."
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Anne Sullivan Macy
"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."
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"Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."
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Mary McLeod Bethune
"Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."
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"We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being."
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Maria Montessori
"We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being."
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"The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule."
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Emily Greene Balch
"The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule."
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"Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he "lives" his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy."
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G. I. Gurdjieff
"Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he "lives" his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy."
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"Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close now to having a balanced budget. All that has been very helpful."
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Charles Vest
"Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close now to having a balanced budget. All that has been very helpful."
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"It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way."
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John Hutton
"It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way."
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"Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia."
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Stephen Cohen
"Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia."
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"There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government."
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Charles Vest
"There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government."
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"Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment."
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Alan Dundes
"Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment."
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"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That's the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries."
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Betty Dodson
"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That's the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries."
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"Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe."
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Mark Hopkins
"Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe."
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"He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage."
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George Combe
"He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage."
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"A good education is another name for happiness."
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Ann Plato
"A good education is another name for happiness."
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"You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote."
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James E. Rogers
"You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote."
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"America is the last great goal of these migrations."
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Ellsworth Huntington
"America is the last great goal of these migrations."
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"Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society."
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Emily Greene Balch
"Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society."
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"Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends."
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Mark Hopkins
"Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends."
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"She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes."
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Anne Edwards
"She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes."
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"The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none."
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Leland Stanford
"The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none."
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"So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments."
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Robert C. Solomon
"So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments."
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"No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately."
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James E. Rogers
"No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately."
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"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message."
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Charles Vest
"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message."
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"While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change."
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Max Muller
"While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change."
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"Government regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa."
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Michael Pollan
"Government regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa."
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"Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about."
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Michael Pollan
"Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about."
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"Every day between now and his slaughter in six months, 534 [Pollan's steer] will convert 32 pounds of feed into four pounds of gain- new muscle, fat, and bone."
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Michael Pollan
"Every day between now and his slaughter in six months, 534 [Pollan's steer] will convert 32 pounds of feed into four pounds of gain- new muscle, fat, and bone."
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"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."
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Carol P. Christ
"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."
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"A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought."
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Frank Moore Colby
"A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought."
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"In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed."
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Alan Dundes
"In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed."
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"If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better."
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Anna Julia Cooper
"If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better."
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"To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides."
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Dennis Banks
"To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides."
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"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
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John W. Gardner
"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
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"And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them."
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Carol Bellamy
"And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them."
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"ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business."
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Robert Sternberg
"ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business."
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"Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy."
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William P. Leahy
"Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy."
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"Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating."
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John Yoo
"Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating."
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"Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat."
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Michael Pollan
"Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat."
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"That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases."
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Max Muller
"That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases."
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"When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too."
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Michael Pollan
"When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too."
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"The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized."
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Leland Stanford
"The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized."
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"I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don't cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar - much more than you would ever use at home."
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Michael Pollan
"I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don't cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar - much more than you would ever use at home."
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"The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics."
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Michael Pollan
"The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics."
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"It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine."
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Anne Sullivan Macy
"It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine."
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"The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant."
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Stephen Cohen
"The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant."
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"Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing."
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Larry J. Sabato
"Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing."
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