Phillip E. Johnson Quotes
Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
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I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
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I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young age when his dad's farm collapsed. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. My father was full of terrifying anger.
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Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
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I crave a cone of silence every once in while.
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Living life as normally as possible gives you a richer well of experiences to draw from.
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I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?
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People are inexterminable like flies and bed-bugs. There will always be some that survive in cracks and crevices that's us.
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Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.
