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views law may
The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes. Barry Lopez
views practice together
In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment. B. F. Skinner
views sky limits
Used to tell me the sky's the limit, now the sky is our point of view. Big Sean
views ideas political
I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values. Antoni Tapies
views months compromise
A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise. Bill Vaughan
views law two
In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.
views other-worlds earth
But I simply can't stand a view limited to this earth, I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds...I like mathematics largely because it is not human. Bertrand Russell
views income carbon
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. Al Gore
views long special
When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled. Charles Darwin
public-opinion opinion sentiments
What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment. Benjamin Disraeli
public-opinion judgment discerning
Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few. Elbert Hubbard
public-opinion influence interest
The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion. Albert Einstein
public-opinion trends fads
The Lord's truth is not altered by fads, trends or public opinion. David A. Bednar
public-opinion useless sound
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. Albert J. Nock
public-opinion doe audience
I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience. Bono
public-opinion found ministers
I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
public-opinion opinion force
Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics. George F. Kennan
public-opinion states form
Public opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of the mob's fear. It is piped into central factories, and there it is flavored and colored, and put into cans. H. L. Mencken
currents pull tend
He didn't go very far. The currents there tend to pull you under and keep you there. James Cox
currents crisis solve
It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds. Angela Merkel
currents
Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. C. J. Mahaney
currents american-life
The actual God of many Americans... is simply the current of American life. Charles Horton Cooley
currents dealing effect ice inches might sorts spot walk
That's even in effect a crap-shoot to some extent, because you're dealing with springs, currents and those sorts of things where you might have 6 inches of ice in one spot and you walk 20 feet, it'll be down to 2 inches,
currents desire evolved flow fuller highest merely outward passions reach term
In all warm-blooded creatures, which are the highest evolved and have feelings, passions and emotions, which reach outward into the world with desire, which may be said to really live in the fuller meaning of the term and not merely vegetate - in all such creatures, the currents of the desire body flow outward from the liver. Max Heindel
currents happen seems sure
I'm not sure why it seems to happen more often in this area, but I'm sure there's a sure explanation for it. There just seems to be more of a collision of currents in this area.
currents dangerous elements remind takes
It's said that it takes elements like this to remind us there are still dangerous currents out in the community. John Williams
currents collections
I always like the current one [collection] the most, that's just my nature! Karen Walker