I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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