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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
Abdolkarim Soroush
Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
Edmund Morgan
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The point of my explanation is I'm very subjective when it comes to describing my characters: they are all a little bit a part of me from the outside in or the inside out - but to put your mind at ease, I built Paul Snider from the outside in.
Eric Roberts
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Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you.


David Icke
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When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart enough. You can figure out a way to justify anything.
Samuel Witwer
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A lot of my friends who grew up in Manhattan have a strange phobia about Brooklyn. It's big and scary and they get lost.
Moby
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Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can have any comprehension of the loyalty and trust of faith, one must first force one's mind to accept a host of incomprehensible doctrines. But this is to put the cart before the horse.
Karen Armstrong
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A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.


Anne Wojcicki
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I believe in astrology as much as I do in genetics.


Quincy Jones
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.


C. S. Lewis
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.


Hector Hugh Munro
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Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.


Henry David Thoreau
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.


Jerry B. Jenkins
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In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and I'm never going to break the world record for the five miles. It's partly genetics; I'm just not built for it. But if I worked really hard, I might be able to cut my time by half. Could I do the same thing with my mind and my well-being?
Stefan Sagmeister
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Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
Vivienne Westwood
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Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.


Jonathan Sacks
I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.
Ryan Reynolds
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.


Samuel Fuller
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I get as much fan mail today and sign as many autographs as I did when I played. It's mind-boggling to a certain degree.
Paul Henderson
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Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.


Eugene Ionesco
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