It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
#quotes #john-spence #vision

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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