Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal Quotes
The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only valid interpretation.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.
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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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Those who want to cut Social Security are prepared to take hostages, manufacture crises, and use scare tactics to undermine the retirement security of Americans.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I did anything to eke out some kind of subsistence - laying down slabs, working as a kitchen porter.
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In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.
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By the age of nine or ten, I knew that I loved history and writing. It got hold of me and never turned loose.
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People might not view me as competitive as I really am.
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To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.
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Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.
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I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects.
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As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.
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The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only valid interpretation.
