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• The history of science can be viewed as the recasting of phenomena that were once thought to be accidents as phenomena that can be understood in terms of fundamental causes and principles.

  Alan Lightman

  Principles, Fundamentals, Causes

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• Of the eternal incorporeal substance nothing is changed, is formed or deformed, but there always remains only that thing which cannot be a subject of dissolution, since it is not possible that it be a subject of composition, and therefore, either of itself or by accident, it cannot be said to die.

  Giordano Bruno

  Substance, Said, Changed

  "The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast". Book by Giordano Bruno, 1584.

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• Isn't the Democratic Party the official SODOMIZER PROTECTION ASSOCIATION of AMERICA -- oh, I forgot, it was just an accident that Clintoon's[sic] first act in office was to promote "gays in the military." RAGHEADS are Boy-Bumpers as clearly as they are Women-Haters -- it all goes together.

  Jerome Corsi

  Military, Party, Gay

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• In so many accidents, you're not quite sure. Lots of times you think that's what happened, but you just don't know.

  Jack Williams

  Thinking, Happened, Knows

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• Technic is the result of a need new needs demand new technics total control denial of the accident States of order organic intensity energy and motion made visible memories arrested in space, human needs and motives acceptance

  Jackson Pollock

  Memories, Acceptance, Order

  "Abstract Expressionism". Book by David Anfam, p. 121, 1990.

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• With experience it seems to be possible to control the flow of paint, to a great extent, and I don't use - I don't use the accident - 'cause I deny the accident... it's quite different from working, say, from a still life where you set up objects and work directly from them. I do have a general notion of what I'm about and what the results will be. I approach painting in the same sense as one approaches drawing, that is, it's direct.

  Jackson Pollock

  Drawing, Different, Use

  Interview by William Wright; as quoted in "Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics", ed. Clifford Ross, 1990, p. 144, Summer 1950.

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• Technically speaking, since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents,they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. These disruptions can, with minimum expense, have considerably destructive consequences. Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.

  Jurgen Habermas

  Opportunity, Goal, Cynical

  "Philosophy in a Time of Terror". Book by Giovanna Borradori, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, 2003.

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• Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.

  Aga Khan IV

  Government, Diversity, World

  Speech on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society delivered at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway, www.akdn.org. April 07, 2005.

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• Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident.

  Robert Jordan

  Thinking, May, Someday

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.278, Macmillan

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• Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family. Our no-fault insurance has removed our responsibility for car accidents, and no-fault divorce has removed our responsibility for marriage accidents; why should abortion not be our no-fault sexual insurance policy that removes our responsibility for sex accidents?

  Peter Kreeft

  Sex, Divorce, Responsibility

  Peter Kreeft (2002). “Three Approaches to Abortion: A Thoughtful and Compassionate Guide to Today's Most Controversial Issue”, p.64, Ignatius Press

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• I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego.

  Frida Kahlo

  Two, Graves

  "magen de Frida Kahlo". "Novedades" (Mexico City) Newspaper, June 10, 1951.

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• The model used by Wall Street to price trillions of dollar's worth of derivatives thought of the financial world as an orderly, continuous process. But the world was not continuous; it changed discontinuously, and often by accident.

  Michael Lewis

  Wall, World, Derivatives

  "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine". Book by Michael Lewis, March 15, 2010.

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• I would just say it's not good for the country to have 11 million people here who we don't know who they are, where they're living. They're not paying taxes, but they're showing up in emergency rooms. They're driving up the cost of auto insurance 'cause they don't have driver's licenses and are getting into accidents. They're having children, which are US citizens. So, I mean, it's an issue that needs to be dealt with.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Children, Mean

  "EIB Interview: Why, Senator Rubio?". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. April 18, 2013.

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• The chain of life runs smoothly from one generation to the next and none of the links stand out except here and there a link one sees by accident.

  Clifford D. Simak

  Running, Here And There, Generations

  Clifford D. Simak (2015). “Time and Again”, p.56, Open Road Media

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• In pitch dark
  I go walking in your landscape
  Broken branches
  Trip me as I speak
  Just 'cause you feel it
  Doesn't mean it's there...
  We are accidents waiting
  Waiting to happen.

  Thom Yorke

  Mean, Dark, Broken

  "Song: 'There There'". 2003.

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• Given that a few days ago we had a terrible accident, a tragic terrorist attack in Barajas, in Madrid, I would like to propose to you that we show our complete condemnation, our most intense revulsion, and that we show profound solidarity with the victims.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Profound, Madrid, Intense

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• The desire for success is inherent within all of us. It is a part of our nature to want to grow, to improve the quality of our lives. However, nothing improves by accident, it requires conscious attention. When you are being bombarded by negatives, improvement, growth and success are easy to forget.

  Bob Proctor

  Bombarded By, Growth, Desire

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 24, 2012

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• If you see yourself in a favorable light, if your image of yourself is pleasant, if this visual concept of yourself cannot be shaken by temporary defeats, then you have reached the goal achieved by the most fortunate. Not everyone reaches this mental state; in fact, many people do not even believe it is possible. Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the inner-harmony we desire. This type of awareness is not an accident, it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.

  Bob Proctor

  Believe, Light, Temporary Defeat

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 07, 2012

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• The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be satisfied with accidents, we must explain how knowledge was gradually built up.

  George Sarton

  Order, Interesting, Historical

  George Sarton (1964). “A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece”

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• All men are our brothers. As far as the discovery of the truth is concerned, they are all working for the same purpose; they may be separated by the accidents of space and time, and by the exigencies of race, religion, nationality, and other groupings; from the point of view of eternity they are working together.

  George Sarton

  Brother, Men, Race

  George Sarton (1993). “Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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• If liberals can seize our guns because they are dangerous, we have no chance of holding on to our cars and our homes. The total number of accidental fatalities (the majority of which are hunting accidents) of all types of firearms is infinitesimal compared to the number of fatalities from car and home accidents. More children die from playing with cigarette lighters than from playing with loaded guns.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Children, Home, Gun

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• In its evolution from a more primitive nervous system, the brain, as an organ with ten or more billion neurons and many more connections between them must have changed and grown as a result of many accidents.

  Stanislaw Ulam

  Brain, Connections, Neurons

  "Adventures of a Mathematician". Book by Stanislaw Ulam, 3rd edition. Chapter 15: "Random Reflections on Mathematics and Science", p. 274, 1991.

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• You don't raise $15 million by accident. I'm asking him to come forward and quit claiming he doesn't know what's going on in his own campaign.

  Steve Rauschenberger

  Campaigns, Asking, Quitting

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• If you look at the causes of the accidents, quite a few of them are operator error. We need people to be diligent and follow the rules of the road and drive more defensively.

  Bob McKenzie

  Errors, People, Needs

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• It was the first car accident I had ever been in. It shakes you up a little bit.

  Matt Hasselbeck

  Car, Firsts, Littles

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