Doe Quotes
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A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
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The great moment I think in human consciousness is when you realize that the object in front of you is perhaps not nameable or is new, it does not fit a stereotype, and so you need to reconfigure your whole structure of knowledge to account for it.
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I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability." Does that automatically trigger something in you that denies someone their personhood?
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God does not flunk any of His children. He just re-enrolls them.
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Only death does not lie.
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They see Hermione as someone who is not vulnerable, but I see her as someone who does have quite a lot of vulnerability in her personality.
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Having financial independence does not increase one's chances of independent, artistic creation whatsoever. Our conditioned behavior toward mimicry for the sake of market forces is an amazing syndrome. The watchtowers guide us well.
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I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.
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God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
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He who does not live in the way of his beliefs starts to believe in the way he lives.
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I often heard the same question: What place does Russia reserve for itself in the world; how does it see itself; what is its place? We are a peace-loving state and we want to cooperate with all of our neighbors and with all of our partners.
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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
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I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.
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Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you chose one path versus another path and then choosing on that basis.
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Directing the process by the mind can only lead to difficulty, for the mind does not know. Commitment to the Truth is sufficient for the process to unfold.
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Reverb does that thing where you make one sound and it grows to 20 times its original size and fills everything up.
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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.
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Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not verify any theological or metaphysical proposition (or not in the manner we are now considering); she will help to show what it means.
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Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.
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Your worldview has to have the same shape that reality does.
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Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.
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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
