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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. ↗

— Max Planck

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So for a long time I closed my eyes to the possibility of America having a white voice. ↗

— Robert Plant

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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ↗

— Plato

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Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

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However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

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Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up. ↗

— James C. Dobson

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I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

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I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike. ↗

— Natalie Portman

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