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Quote by Denis Diderot
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to be

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot

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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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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. – Denis Diderot

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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot

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We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. – Bill Maher

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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Sharia. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. – King Hussein I

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I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion… some places where theres just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult. – Lionel Richie

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Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. – Theodore Bikel

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Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them. – Daniel Greenberg

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What clinical lectures I will give in heaven, demonstrating the ignorance of doctors! – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897, spoken b

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Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says Californias schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me. – Conan OBrien

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