Quotes 261 till 280 of 358.
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The point, simply, is that we are doing more rediscovering these days than discovering coming anew upon truths that ignorant people refused to examine, over the centuries, because the wise people who held custody of the fundamental truths of nature were unpopular.
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The premise of neo-conservatives is that markets left to their own devices will produce the best possible result, and that political interference is not required. This defies the human reality that people are not commodities, and simply refuse to behave as if they were.
The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Two, The First Question: Self Interest and Pro -
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
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The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.
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The problem that has no name (which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities) is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.
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The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.
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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
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The truth simply is that's all. It doesn't need reasons: it doesn't have to be right: it's just the truth. Period.
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The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
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The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
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The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
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The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
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The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.
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There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.
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There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.
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There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
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There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
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There can be no poetry without the personality of the poet, and that, quite simply, is why the definition of poetry has not been found.
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