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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you cant deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. – Denis Diderot

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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot

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Fanaticism
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot

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Knowledge
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To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you dont agree with or like. – Margaret Mead

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I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe. – Eric Holder

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I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical. – Thomas Jane

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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. – Emily Dickinson

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Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that death panels would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, its hard to beat Sarah Palins ignorant nattering on the subject. – Carl Hiaasen

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Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain…. [A]ccept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll

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