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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
Darwinism: The Imperialism of Biology?. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed -
Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.
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Drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrongheaded governmental policies have destroyed many more. I think it's obvious that after 40 years of war on drugs, it has not worked. There should be decriminalization of drugs.
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Each man can learn something from his neighbour, at least he can learn this, to have patience with his neighbour, to live and let live.
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Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change.
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Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
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Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
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Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
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For there has never yet been a philosopher who could endure a toothache patiently.
Munch Ado about Nothing 5, 1 -
Forgive those who have hurt you.
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
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