"Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious beliefs from contradiction by science. They used to do it by prohibiting teachers from teaching evolution at all; then they wanted to teach intelligent design as an alternative theory; now they want the supposed "weaknesses" in evolution pointed out. But it's all the same program - it's all an attempt to let religious ideas determine what is taught in science courses."

-- Steven Weinberg

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“The best way to improve economic prospects for women is to improve job prospects for the men in their lives, even if that means increasing the so-called pay gap.”

Source : Phyllis Schlafly (2015). “Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I”, p.60, Creators Publishing
“VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions.”
“The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2009). “This Year You Write Your Novel”, p.7, Hachette UK
“If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published.”
“He gave her his best smile. His best I-almost-died-so-how-can-you-deny-me smile. Or at least thatâ€™s how he hoped it appeared. The truth was, he wasnâ€™t a very accomplished flirt, and it might very well have come across as an Iam- mildly-deranged-so-itâ€™s-in-all-of-our-best-interests-if-youpretend- to-agree-with-me smile.”
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”

Source : Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel”, p.11, Hachette UK
“The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.”

Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.237, Penguin
“People are lonely, and only animals with fancy shoes.”

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