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As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

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We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

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Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. ↗

— George Santayana

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No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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