Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have known all along that it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek.
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Related Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but mat... TOM ROBBINS It's kind of like how many angels can you fit on the head of a pin? JUSTIN RATTNER Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child. WAITER RANT It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you. ROBERT A. COOK Many people are shy when it comes to getting out on a dance floor. Dancing is an activity that... re... DIRK BENEDICT Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense on... STEPHEN JAY GOULD Why be greedy when you can have it all. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and ... SAM HARRIS It just depends on the political climate, whether they think that raves are a good, safe outlet, or ... DAVID OSGOOD I swear on the Angel." He ducked his head down, kissed her cheek. "The hell with that. I swear on us... CASSANDRA CLARE Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbi... TOM ROBBINS The speaker calls for a careful examination of Christ's principle of turning the other cheek before ... JOHN THACKWAY Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Q... JANE YOLEN Whether you are happy or not depends to some degree upon outward circumstances, but mostly it depend... ANNE PERRY If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also...but of course if you were able to st... TOBA BETA The muse of memories past inspires smiles on many a sad faces, tears on many a dry cheek, and warmth... CODY EDWARD LEE MILLER For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as bein... JOSH MCDOWELL You'll remember they argued before this court last year, they argued last September at the 9th Circu... HILLARY ROSEN It depends on how this proceeds. The compensation costs for refugees, you can't keep them in sports ... DAN CRIPPEN A lot of people cannot dance because they are inhibited. 'Oh, I can't dance' or 'I h... MADHURI DIXIT It does not matter how sweet you can sing a song of love. You must know how to dance along with it. ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR She gets very anxious and starts licking his face and rubbing her cheek on his cheek. BOB WRIGLEY The court decides whether it (a claim) gets paid and if it's five cents on the dollar, or something ... TOM ALDRICH I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my ... IMOGEN HEAP We have a problem with several media taking only a part of the reality and not the whole picture. So... AHMED AKKARI Now they have a riddle. - Criminal Minds DEYTH BANGER All of those guys can score points for us. We may have a slight edge (on the other teams) on the guy... MATT FRANKS See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!O that I were a glove upon that hand,That I might touch t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow SPANISH PROVERB It might be a bloody cheek. But so what? It goes on all the time. Chefs travel the world looking for... EGON RONAY The conundrum of whether or not the glass is half-full or half-empty depends on how thirsty you are. RICHARD LYLES In our house, everybody is always dancing around and singing. We have a dance floor outside at our h... LISA RINNA We don't take ourselves too seriously. I wouldn't say it's full-on tongue-in-cheek, but we do have a... ROBERT COOPER But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. SUZANNE COLLINS While I dance I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyfu... HANS BOS I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have b... MISHA COLLINS Every point counts, whether it's a three-point decision or a pin, or trying to avoid a pin. When we'... JEFF HICKOK It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves. CARL JUNG It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves CARL GUSTAV JUNG My read on it would be, yes, (Howard) is paving the way for a possible change of policy. Whether he ... DENNIS WOODWARD See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Opportunities can become obstacles, same way obstacles can become opportunities; it all depends on h... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It could be that nothing happens. It all depends on whether it happens close to the elections or not... ANGELA KELLY He feels it's important that we embrace it for the next generation. ... Beyond passing along musical... USHER On one level, the Hollywood-like romance is tongue-in-cheek. But on the other level, it means seriou... CHRIS BYRNE Optimism and Pessimism are two buttons that every human being has inside of them. Whether you decide... ISAIAH HARDEN Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator. ... MICHAEL JACKSON It depends on how you count. If you have 80 billion of what we call primaries, and you have 25 perce... CHARLES LADA The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: / But I say unto y... BIBLE Either you dissolve into a puddle, or you take the blow on the cheek and force yourself to lift your... JODI PICOULT As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all ... ROBERT FANNEY A lot of people have the mistaken assumptions that they have to have a 529 plan for college savings,... JAMES BOYLE This is all about the kids on this team. They have worked hard and believed all along that they can ... RON SCHULZ Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell phones or anything else, all th... RICK SMOLAN All 10 of us have decided to do everything we can, whether it's testimony or lobbying or speaking or... THOMAS KEAN But it was all tongue in cheek. That said more to me about the man than anything else. I had no idea... GREG HALL I think within the library system, we all think the action figure is wonderful. When it came out, al... ELIZABETH BURDEN We have a lot of tough cases that come along, some involving young kids on their own trying to get a... BOB EVANS On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart SøREN KIERKEGAARD Whether others love you depends on many variables and often uncontrollable; but whether you can love... PETER SAYSOMPHANE It's a possibility. But it depends on whether there are other forms of advertising to replace it. DAWN TAUBIN Some nights we'll finish sooner than others. It all depends on how many cars we have. We try to fini... BRUCE HINES The question about everything was, would it bring a blush to the cheek of a young person? CHARLES DICKENS My opinions about human nature are shared by many psychologists, linguists, and biologists, not to m... STEVEN PINKER It all depends on whether DARPA wants a winner. BRUCE HALL How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all. ALAN DEAN FOSTER On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending,
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb... JAMES BEATTIE It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. CARL JUNG It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. CARL GUSTAV JUNG To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London... CALVIN HARRIS The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it ... VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious o... JOHN RHYS-DAVIES For I have known them all already, known them all - Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoo... T.S. ELIOT We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But eve... BODE MILLER It all depends on how many of them were made. The less of them that were produced, the more they're ... LAUREN ENNS We'll make a determination once they (completely) register students whether additional teachers need... GREG KELLY It's becoming more prevalent because of these shows. They're based on reality, but they're distorted... DENNIS GODFREY Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nu... GINNY BROWN-WAITE It depends on how many hosts are infected. At the moment it's just sitting there quietly, and we won... JASON STEER For a true DANCER, it doesn't matter whether you perform on a stage or don't perform at all... What ... VIPIN ONGALATHE While mantling on the maiden's cheek
Young roses kindled into thought. THOMAS MOORE It all depends on how efficient they are. We're kind of in the same boat as Tennessee State. GEORGE SMALL I can debate for weeks whether a trouser should sit on the waist, or a centimetre below, or on the h... STELLA MCCARTNEY Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk t... KEHLANI I have done so many love scenes in the past that I have learned how to pull off a sexy smoulder on t... CHERIE LUNGHI It all depends on whether [companies] view supply chain as a strategic variable or an execution vari... DAN HAWTHOFF There's a common cheek, and it's this pastel pink, really pretty cheek, BILL BLASS Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corn... JAMES BROLIN Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in s... ANNE LAMOTT We danced forever, and not nearly long enough. Now that I faced him, I could touch him, too, rather ... JODI MEADOWS It really depends on the festival ? what programs are offered, how many people attend. DAVE SULLIVAN Success for some people, depends on becoming well-known; for others, it depends on never being found... ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT Isn't that exciting? The quality of life in our communities depends on all of us. That is what commu... MAYOR TAMMY DE WEERD HOW ANGELS SLEEP. Unsoundly. They toss and turn, trying to understand the mystery of the living. The... NICOLE KRAUSS When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught... JULIUS KAMBARGE NYERERE The government depends on us to give them information on how many families are here even if they don... JUDY WHITE Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether... MARVIN MINSKY He bent his head, gently laid his cheek down on top of her breasts and closed his eyes. He inhaled h... GAYLE DONNELLY 'Great Things About Being...' is a provocative and often dead-on look at stereotypes created by popu... ANDREW COHEN
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