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Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not open it?
So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license.
It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.
Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.
Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach.
Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent.
Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.
There is a lot in Adam Smith that reflects the insights of Rousseau and anticipates those of Marx.
Cancer is the great equalizer. Everyone is affected by it either themselves or through loved ones.
I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.
I am under no illusions. My position, no matter how clearly stated, is likely to be misunderstood.
When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.
The Book of Revelation is all about the conflict, the contest between the forces of Good and Evil.
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.
Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.
I'm not a political person, and their ambitions are not mine. They want power. I don't want power.
One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.
Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.
My cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.
When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.
You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.
From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.
I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help.
To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say.
If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.
[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.
The secular and religious Left find it convenient to demonize politically conservative Christians.
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.
We can build a much brighter future where humans are relieved of menial work using AI capabilities.
If you listen to the debate, [Barack Obama] and [John] McCain said the same thing about gay rights.
We should decriminalize all drugs. The assumptions on which our drug policies are based are flawed.
When patients reject official advice and proved medicine, they become more susceptible to quackery.
individuals are honest only to the extent that suits them (including their desire to please others)
Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that.
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.
Corporations are not people. They shouldn't be funding. They shouldn't be funding campaigns at all.
The most important question a human being has to face... What is it? The question, Why are we here?
The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.
Long-term memory involves enduring changes that result from the growth of new synaptic connections.
Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at.
All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. . . .