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• There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana. $7.7 billion is a lot of money, but that is one of the lesser evils. Our failure to successfully enforce these laws is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in Colombia. I haven't even included the harm to young people. It's absolutely disgraceful to think of picking up a 22-year-old for smoking pot. More disgraceful is the denial of marijuana for medical purposes.

  Milton Friedman

  Marijuana, Thinking, Years

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• Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new principles, new ways of seeing. We have not fully recognized this process of leaping ahead, however, in part because textbooks tend to tame revolutions...They describe the advances as if they had been logical in their day, not all shocking.

  Marilyn Ferguson

  Real, Science, Understanding Nature

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• I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.

  John Forbes Nash

  Love, Life, Discovery

  "Fictional character: John Forbes Nash". "A Beautiful Mind", 2001.

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• I am religious in the sense that I believe in God and I believe that there is an abiding logical spirit that controls what goes on to a certain extent.

  Stephen King

  Religious, Believe, Abiding

  Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

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• Now this principle of induction cannot be a purely logical truth like a tautology or an analytic statement. . . .

  Karl Popper

  Truth, Principles, Tautology

  Karl Popper (2005). “The Logic of Scientific Discovery”, p.5, Routledge

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• In short, I didn't become a Christian because God promised I would have an even happier life than I had as an atheist. He never promised any such thing. Indeed, following him would inevitably bring divine demotions in the eyes of the world. Rather, I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling that Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead. That meant following him was the most rational and logical step I could possibly take.

  Lee Strobel

  Christian, Atheist, Jesus

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• Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may keep on the chosen road but it does not itself necessarily lead to discovery. The investigator must be ready and on the spot when the light comes from whatever direction.

  Theobald Smith

  Adventure, Science, Thinking

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• We must return immigration to a logical, orderly process where people fill out their applications and wait for approval. We must make sure illegal immigrants stop storming our borders. We must establiesh the correct criteria, such as our need for certain job skills or education, for granting the right to immigrate into the United States.

  Ross Perot

  Jobs, Skills, People

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• Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply ingrained attitudes of aversion and preference.

  John Dewey

  Attitude, Acceptance, Ideas

  John Dewey, Larry A. Hickman (2007). “The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought”, p.11, SIU Press

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• The Primal Plant is going be the strangest creature in the world, which Nature herself must envy me. With this model and the key to it, it will be possible to go on for ever inventing plants and know that their existence is logical; that is to say, if they do not actually exist, they could, for they are not the shadowy phantoms of a vain imagination, but possess an inner necessity and truth. The same law will be applicable to all other living organisms.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Science, Law, Keys

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• I once knew an otherwise excellent teacher who compelled his students to perform all their demonstrations with incorrect figures, on the theory that it was the logical connection of the concepts, not the figure, that was essential.

  Ernst Mach

  Teacher, Science, Essentials

  Ernst Mach, Thomas J. McCormack (2014). “Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry”, p.93, Cambridge University Press

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• To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Time, Men, Data

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.24, Penguin

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• It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the rigour of the proofs. But many mathematicians seem to have so little feeling for logical purity and accuracy that they will use a word to mean three or four different things, sooner than make the frightful decision to invent a new word.

  Gottlob Frege

  Mean, Science, Decision

  Gottlob Frege (1952). “Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”

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• Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything he needed, just a few miles away on the island. The logical, rational answer was obvious. "Which is why the world stays messed up," Caine said under his breath. "People aren't rational." He took a few deep, steadying breaths, and prepared to die for power.

  Michael Grant

  Beautiful, Girl, Islands

  "Plague". Book by Michael Grant, 2011.

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• As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. “My lord, there is something I would like to discuss with you.” Marcus adopted a pleasantly encouraging expression. “Very well.” “It turns out that Miss Bowman and I have reached an…understanding. After considering the logical advantages on both sides, I have made a sensible and pragmatic decision that we should—” “How long have you been in love with her?” Marcus interrupted, inwardly amused. Swift let out a tense sigh. “Years,” he admitted.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Love, Expression, Years

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• Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to the problem.

  Anne Holm

  Stupid, Blow, Hands

  Anne Holm (1965). “North to freedom”

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• Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. The Lord may direct us to do a certain thing, but if it does not make sense - if it is not logical - we may be tempted to disregard it. What God leads a person to do does not always make logical sense to his mind. His spirit may affirm it and His mind reject it, especially if it would be out of the ordinary or unpleasant or if it would require personal sacrifice or discomfort.

  Joyce Meyer

  Sacrifice, Mind, Ordinary

  Joyce Meyer (2011). “Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle of Your Mind”, p.81, Hachette UK

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• Iain didn't go back to sleep for a long while. He continued to think about all the logical reasons he would never allow himself to be turned into a lovesick weakling like Patrick, and when he finally fell asleep, he had convinced himself that he would distance his heart from his mind. He dreamed about her.

  Julie Garwood

  Distance, Heart, Sleep

  Julie Garwood (2011). “The Secret”, p.163, Penguin

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• Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?

  Victor Hugo

  Passion, Love Is, Thinking

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d bites a man m at time t," thereby demonstrating their unshakable commitment to logical rigor, even though they don't go on to manipulate any formulae involving d, m, and t.

  Daniel Dennett

  Dog, Commitment, Simple

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• Most of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person.

  Daniel Gilbert

  Believe, Intelligent, Average

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• Logical Tom begs emotional stupid dickhead Tom not to ask the question. 'Are you alone?' he asks quietly. He hears her breathing so close to his ear. 'Yes.' 'Good,' he says, his voice croaky. 'I'll sleep like a baby.

  Melina Marchetta

  Baby, Stupid, Sleep

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• You know that prejudice isn't logical, which is why it is so hard to overcome.

  P. C. Cast

  Overcoming, Prejudice, Knows

  P.C. Cast (2010). “Brighid's Quest”, p.351, Harlequin

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• In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery.

  Bryce Courtenay

  Men, Humanity, Mind

  "The Power of One".

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• She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder smacks into Fernando's shoulder. "Oh! Sorry, Nando." The jolt knocks his glasses askew. He smiles at Christina and takes the glasses off, shoving them into his pocket. "Nando?" I say to him. "I thought the Erudite didn't like nicknames?" "When a pretty girl calls you by a nickname," he says, "it is only logical to respond to it.

  Veronica Roth

  Girl, Sorry, Glasses

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