Quote by Andrew Greeley
It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in ar

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They werent going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. – Andrew Greeley

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The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement… they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. – Andrew Greeley

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Leadership
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Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? – Andrew Greeley

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Intelligence
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I think that the core doctrines of Christianity – the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century. – Andrew Greeley

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Death
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Other Quotes from
Science
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The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection. – Mike Johanns

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Science

A biophysicist talks physics to the biologists and biology to the physicists, but then he meets another biophysicist, they just discuss women. – Author Unknown

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Science

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. Its so schizophrenic. – Jonathan Carroll

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Science

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. – George Bernard Shaw

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Science

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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen the more select, the more enjoyable. – Louisa May Alcott

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good

Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasnt like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way, it wasnt a normal family life. – Georgia Jagger

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Travel

Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, its for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement. – Kenneth H. Cooper

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fitness

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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God