Paula Poundstone Quotes
They're not going to teach science at all. What they do is take the science students down to the lake, tie them in burlap sacks and throw them in. If God thinks they're good science students, they float.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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No days off. I'm a workaholic.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future but it's always based on what we have. Then as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas. You know?
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Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they're generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
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I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
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I don't like to compare myself with anybody.
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
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There can be no doubt that the blessing, of which believers are heirs, is justification by faith; and that the promise, according to which they are heirs of this blessing, is the gospel promise made to Abraham.
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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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They're not going to teach science at all. What they do is take the science students down to the lake, tie them in burlap sacks and throw them in. If God thinks they're good science students, they float.
