Alvin Plantinga Quotes
One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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The first sentence of a book is a promise.
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It turns out that globalisation, while promising sameness through brand-name consumption, was fostering, through uneven economic growth, an intense feeling of difference.
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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
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I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want to roll my eyes. Republicans talk about reform to the healthcare, and they talk about selling insurance across state lines, and that's their solution?
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.
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'From what I’ve read,' I said to him, 'the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.'
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A living man can be enslaved and reduced to the historic condition of an object. But if he dies in refusing to be enslaved, he reaffirms the existence of another kind of human nature which refuses to be classified as an object.
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Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.
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You give me the awful impression, I hate to have say it, of someone who hasn't read any of the arguments against your position ever.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.
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The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see.
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A player has no use for an agent. None.
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Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.
