Nayef Al-Rodhan Quotes
Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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We are not by nature cruel.
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Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
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I'm a nature girl. I grew up in Colorado and was always outside. I still am, even when I'm in the city.
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.
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Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
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In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.
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I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
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Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering.
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Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
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Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.
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Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions.
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The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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I know little about nature and hardly anything about men.
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Nothing can touch the Word of God. Not all the powers of earth and hell, men and devils combined, can ever move the Word of God. There it stands, in its own moral glory, spite of all the assaults of the enemy, from age to age. 'For ever, 0 Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven.'
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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The Koch brothers spent millions against me.
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The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.
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Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.
