Quotes 521 till 540 of 724.
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The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as a means to other account, and not merely as a means to other things, are knowledge, art instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.
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The media no longer ask those who know something to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.
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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 225 -
The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy.
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The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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The only source of knowledge is experience.
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The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed.
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The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.
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The ouster of Jill Abramson as executive editor of 'The New York Times' sent shock waves through the media landscape. Reports that she was fired thanks in part to a soured relationship based on the 'Times' alleged sexist pay discrepancy only made those shock waves stronger.
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The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are always obscured by accumulations of later knowledge.
The Regeneration Trilogy (1996) -
The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.
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The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science.
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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The purpose of education is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
Harvard, 14-06-1956
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