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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead. Nathan Myhrvold
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I keep my political views to myself. Nick Jonas
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I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody. Nick Saban
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I would watch 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and borrow a few lines here and there from guests like Red Buttons and Buddy Hackett to create a routine. Then I started getting invited to do political functions like the governor's birthday ball or mayor's dinner. Norm Crosby
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Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law. Olusegun Obasanjo
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The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment's greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic. Pankaj Mishra
Political Revolution French French Revolution Greatest Intellectual Breakthrough Enlightenment
As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.' Parker Palmer
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Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous. Patricia Heaton
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Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support. Paul Samuelson
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It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. Pete Sampras
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There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican. Phil Collins
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Highly placed New York kingmakers work toward 'convergence' between the Republican and Democratic parties so as to preserve their 'America Last' foreign policy and eliminate foreign policy from political campaigns. Phyllis Schlafly
Work Political Toward Highly Between New Parties Democratic Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Campaigns America York New York Convergence Placed Republican Eliminate Last Preserve
My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada. Preston Manning
Political Convictions Traditions Western Canada Personal Rooted Populist
Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments, more data and better data hone our understanding further. Social, cultural, economic, and political context are relevant to our understanding of how science works. Priyamvada Natarajan
Time Nature Knowledge Science Better Political Invention Understanding Our Further Relevant Data More Economic Fact Instruments Scientific Scientific Knowledge How Context Due Cultural Provisional Goes Social Works Hone
There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia', but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event. R. D. Laing
Political Schizophrenia Fact Condition Label Social Event
The American political scientist Francis Fukuyama has argued that liberal democracies, with their political freedom and economic success, have three important pillars: a strong government, the rule of law, and democratic accountability. I would add a fourth: free markets. Raghuram Rajan
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We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation. Raul Grijalva
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I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime. I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity as well. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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I have some friends who have been living in the political world for some time now. It's a lot of robbing Peter to pay Paul. If you've got something you want, and that person who has it wants something in return, it quite literally becomes your job to find whatever it is that they want. Reid Scott
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If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the Australian coast, it is a political question. Richard Flanagan
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The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer. Richard M. Nixon
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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
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The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years. Robert D. Kaplan
Political Few More Greater Years Expansion Upheaval Get Going Dynamic Next Capitalistic Disparity
When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation in places of public accommodation, he believed he was taking considerable political risks. Robert Dallek
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Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Robert Redford
You Political Conservatism Know Make Because Anywhere Utah
No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting. Roger Mudd
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