In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person. ~Paolo Sorrentino
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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