David Deming Quotes
Global warming has long since passed from scientific hypothesis to the realm of pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.
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Santana has fantastic ball reaction, ... Very few people can snatch a ball right out of the air like that. And he has great burst. He can be running and he doesn't even put his hands up because he has such confidence. He's very much a downfield threat.
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Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth, but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.
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If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
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The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.
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Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment.
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I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
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Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy.
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There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
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Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.
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Sometimes I stress too much and don't have fun. If you're trying to be perfect, sometimes it backfires on you.
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On December 20, 2005, Judge John E. Jones III, appointed by President George W. Bush, with the strong endorsement of Pennsylvania's staunch conservative senator Rick Santorum, ruled for our plaintiffs in a superbly written 139-page opinion that shocked many observers.
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Perhaps, a bigger point is that it is perfectly OK if something is unclear. That’s how I feel 90 percent of the time when I do mathematics, so welcome to my world! The feeling of confusion (even frustration, sometimes) is an essential part of being a mathematician. But look at the bright side: how boring would life be if everything in it could be understood with little effort! What makes doing mathematics so exciting is our desire to overcome this confusion; to understand; to lift the veil on the unknown. And the feeling of personal triumph when we do understand something makes it all worthwhile.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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It is no disgrace to start all over; it is usually an opportunity.
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Global warming has long since passed from scientific hypothesis to the realm of pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo.
