Richard Dawkins Quotes

Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It's a sort of crime against childhood.

Richard Dawkins

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Some days we may be more acutely conscious of our sinfulness and hence more aware of our need of His grace, but there is never a day when we can stand before Him on our own two feet of performance, when we are worthy enough to deserve His blessing.

Jerry Bridges

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When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I was absolutely passionate about it and felt those paintings and those painters, whether they lived a few hundred years ago or were still alive, were somehow my companions.

John Berger

ArtPeopleMeAliveImportantLived

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

Jennifer Carpenter

LifePersonalActorKeepSacred

Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.

Robert Sheckley

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I like zombies; I like them fine. But I don't have a long list of zombie movies or books that are among my favorite things in the world.

Steve Hockensmith

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Both on an individual and a national scale, debt imprisons.

Tom Hodgkinson

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I also rise today in strong support of forward movement on the implementation of health information technology, which has the potential to save the United States billions of dollars in health care costs each year.

Russ Carnahan

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Now, I'm ahead of my father. He got other prizes... But he did not get a Nobel Prize.

Lloyd Shapley

FatherNowAheadGotPrizeGet

It was very frustrating, sitting on the couch, not doing anything. I couldn't pick up anything with my left hand. I was in a soft cast all the way up to my elbow. It wasn't fun. A lot of TV. I don't wish it upon anybody.

Brooks Koepka

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I miss the noise in New York: the sound of taxis and that constant buzz the city has.

Bridget Moynahan

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Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

Peter Hook

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