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DAVID MCCLURE As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowle... ALAN LIGHTMAN Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, thing... JACQUES LIPCHITZ Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're go... PETER JENNINGS I always tell prospective new members to think of two-or-three pet projects they would like to do in... CHERYL VOYNA When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of vie... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL I wanted to get out of school for the day, but if I wrote that, I knew that I wouldn't get picked. I... EILEEN JOSEPH I would it's definitely well deserved because the class sizes are small and the teachers make sure y... SARA ANDERSON In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my positio... DR. CARL SAGAN It's a new tool and we have our doubts about its reliability and validity. I would feel better about... MARY MORAN There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There once was this powerful, both capital and political, class who cared about supporting and affir... ETHAN CANIN I thought Andrew did a great job (defensively). When we face 1,000-point scorers like Eric Anthony, ... GENE AMMIRANTE This is a view that reminds you of you. This is a metaphor you had nothing to do with. KRIS KIDD She really cared about equality and helping out the little guy. She never wanted to act rich and fam... SALLY KIRKLAND We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospita... MARIE CURIE We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospita... MARIE CURIE They (state school board members) are allowing the intelligent-design minority to bypass the scienti... JACK KREBS If you're worried about weight gain, diet pop should be the least of your worries. I've never heard ... BREINE STEVENS You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly abo... ANNE LAMOTT And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there'... 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