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Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude.
Raymond Holliwell
Simplicity
Understanding
Magnitude
Take
Greatest
Least
Causes
Lack
Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.
Rebecca Solnit
People
Worldview
Toss
Given
Facts
Between
Always
How
How Many People
Interesting
Choice
Many
Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live.
Rebecca Solnit
Me
Rights
People
Tyranny
Live
Worst
Seems
Always
Form
Including
Right
Violence
Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.
Rene Daumal
Time
Entirety
Mystery
Dawn
Each
Appears
Each Time
There were dozens of people who walked through the Holy Land claiming to be the Messiah, curing the sick, exorcising demons, challenging Rome, gathering followers. In a way, there's nothing unique about what Jesus did. In fact, many of these so-called false Messiahs we know by name.
Reza Aslan
People
Nothing
Gathering
Sick
Way
Claiming
Followers
About
Fact
Through
Name
Know
Messiah
Demons
Were
False
Walked
Curing
Did
In Fact
So-Called
Rome
Land
Holy
Holy Land
Who
Many
Unique
Challenging
Dozens
Jesus
I grew up having a sense of who Luke Skywalker is.
Rian Johnson
Sense
Having
Up
Grew
Who
Luke
It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult.
Richard Brautigan
Life
Strange
Simple
Become
Difficult
More
Simple Things
How
Go
While
Things
In the greed-is-good tradition of the 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight' movie franchises, the overseers of 'The Hunger Games' have split the last book into two films.
Richard Corliss
Book
Films
Harry
Harry Potter
Hunger
Hunger Games
Potter
Split
Tradition
Movie
Games
Twilight
Last
Two
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.
Richard Holloway
Art
God
Great
Joy
Simplicity
Power
Creation
Great Art
Our
Our Lives
Marks
Clarity
Seem
Give
Purpose
Also
Attributes
His
Whole
Lives
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.
Richard Jefferies
Good
Man
Science
Good Man
Evil
Power
Enormous
Telegraph
Press
Puts
Advantage
Equal
Also
Printing
Printing Press
Offers
Hands
Same
Double-Edged
Double-Edged Sword
Moment
Illustrated
Railway
Sword
If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest.
Richard Jefferies
Plant
Every
Flower
Everything
Locality
Would
Charm
Varies
Gives
Were
Exist
Interest
Places
Found
I happen to love science... Scientists are all slightly mad. There is truth in the stereotype of the mad scientist. They are mad with curiosity.
Richard Preston
Love
Truth
Science
Slightly
Mad
Stereotype
Scientist
Scientists
Curiosity
Happen
To Love
Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
Richard Whately
Man
Manners
Given
Greatest
Influence
Engines
Ever
To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.
Rick Bass
Life
Would
Would-Be
Pursue
Wants
Waste
Thing
It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so he could create this galaxy just so he could create Earth so he could create human beings so he could create a family.
Rick Warren
God
Family
Me
Bible
Power
Universe
Mind-Boggling
Everything
Earth
Says
See
Entire
Could
He
Almighty
Human
Just
Human Beings
Galaxy
Create
Created
Beings
I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.
Rick Warren
Government
Justice
Equality
Disagree
Compassion
Liberal
Everything
Emphasis
Provide
Role
Just
Happen
Many
Agree
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
Rick Warren
Politics
Religion
Church
Separation
Believe
State
Church And State
God is love. He didn't need us. But he wanted us.
Rick Warren
Love
God
He
Wanted
Us
Need
The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.
Rick Warren
God
Bible
Out
Purpose
Shape
Clear
Know
Very
Fulfill
Even
Most of us want to have enough... good works to get into heaven, but enough bad works to be fun.
Rick Warren
Good
Enough
Bad
Good Works
Most
Get
Heaven
Want
Us
Fun
Works
I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness.
Rick Warren
Integrity
Goodness
Getting
Heaven
God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.
Rick Warren
Life
God
People
Gift
Gave
Given
Never
Open
Heaven
Anything
Us
Many
The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
Ricky Gervais
Grass
Other
Side
Always
Greener
Why buy a book when you can join a library.
Ricky Gervais
Buy
You
Library
Book
Join
Why
Sometimes being old is used as an insult, which is bizarre because, if you're lucky, that's literally going to happen to you. It's a strange thing to gloat about: being born recently.
Ricky Gervais
You
Strange
Sometimes
Old
Bizarre
Born
About
Because
Insult
Going
Being
Literally
Happen
Which
Strange Thing
Used
Lucky
Thing
Recently
I'm a fan of the kind of political correctness that is about not promoting prejudice. But some people in America are offended by equality because when you've had privilege for so long, equality feels like oppression.
Ricky Gervais
You
People
Equality
Oppression
Political
Offended
Some People
Long
Correctness
Kind
Promoting
Some
About
Had
Feels
Like
Because
Political Correctness
Privilege
America
Fan
Prejudice
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