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errors freely time
As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men. Gerrit Smith
errors obvious
Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20. Clint Eastwood
errors elude-us generations
Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . . Carl Sagan
errors trial-and-error trials
The fossil record implies trial and error, the inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with a Great Designer (though not a Designer of a more remote and indirect temperament.) Carl Sagan
errors views rigidity
They (i. e., the Pythagoreans ) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practised a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors. Carl Sagan
errors giving challenges
We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to those who convincingly disprove established beliefs. Carl Sagan
errors speech opinion
Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion? Bertrand Russell
errors crank
More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths. Bertrand Russell
errors commit ifs
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit? Bertrand Russell
history ordinary religion rightly shop
Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner. Giles Foden
history interested period work
It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. Colm Meaney
history references reverent sports support toward
I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates. Rick Perlstein
history philosophy reading
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. F. Sionil Jose
history conflict tendencies
Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed. Bernard Beckett
history comparison
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson
history events rich
History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events. Antoine Rivarol
history interested kids might stay
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. Megan Smith
history interested life obviously
I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life. Scott Stossel
vomiting remember wonder
And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good. Amy Tan
vomiting littles eating
Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot. Garrison Keillor