Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes
Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses without succumbing to extinction. It endured the Apocalypse of Steel, the Apocalypse of Hydrogen, the Apocalypse of Serotonin, and both Apocalypses of Water, the second of which occurred despite certain contracts to the contrary.
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The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.
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I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!
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All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
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I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
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Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt.
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Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills.
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There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live and quiver.
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I believe that any single dream contains the essential message about our existence.
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The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.
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Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
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At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God has gripped us and will never let us go. We want to withdraw from him in order to escape his grasp. But he loves us too much to allow us to fall. He holds us fast, challenges us.
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I read YA novels constantly, so I really want to be in a young adult rom-com, but I worry that I'm aging into the parent role, which is a little scary.
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A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.
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Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.
