It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western … - Jeffrey Burton Russell

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The physical union of the sexes. . . only intensifies man's sense of solitude.

Jeffrey Burton Russell

It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third century B. C. onward believed that the earth was flat

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Every sign of gratitude is a sign of hope

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Relativism poses as freedom but it is just another form of tyranny: You must believe that all religions are equal because we say they are. You must agree with us that everything is relative, or we will punish you.

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If it were true that Christianity and science were incompatible, there would be no Christians who were respected scientists. If fact, about forty percent of professional natural scientists are practicing Christians, and many others are theists of other kinds. Fewer than thirty percent are atheists.

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Ken Wilber

Each band or level, being a particular manifestation of the electromagnetic spectrum, is what it is only by virtue of the other bands. The color blue is no less beautiful because it exits along side the other colors of a rainbow, and blueness itself depends upon the existence of the other colors, for if there were no color but blue, we would never be able to see it.

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Jodie Foster

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

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Nikolai Berdyaev

The physical union of the sexes. . . only intensifies man's sense of solitude.

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George Sand

Lying, like license, has its degrees.

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Steve Nash

I use a lot of balance training and functional training. Basically it's where you add an element of instability to a regular exercise. So whether it's on the physioball or the Bosu ball or just balancing on one leg, I try to incorporate an instable plane and
or movement to the exercise, so the body's doing two or more movements.

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