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• The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

  H. L. Mencken

  Religion, Atheism, Proof

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.311, Knopf

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• Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.

  David Suzuki

  Mountain Ranges, Years, Brain

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• It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

  David Suzuki

  Earthquakes, Water, Might

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• You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Character, Independent, Would Be

  Interview with Wil Anderson, www.gq.com.au. April 1, 2011.

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• Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did.

  Hunter Hayes

  People, Achievement, Spirit

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• I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.

  Martin Gore

  Track, Fans, Essex

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• The massive corruption common in so many developing countries would be quite impossible if Western countries did not provide convenient opportunities to ship ill-gotten funds out of the country. It wouldn't make much sense for a ruler to store in his basement large quantities of stolen cash in his own country's currency. A corrupt ruler wants to be able to keep this money safe and to be able to spend it. And for this, he needs to convert it into a Western currency and store it in a bank abroad, where it can also earn investment returns and be bequeathed to his heirs.

  Thomas Pogge

  Country, Opportunity, Return

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

  Anne Wojcicki

  Real, Fall, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

  Noam Chomsky

  Effort, Trying, Technique

  "Peace netter". Interview with Hamish Mackintosh, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2002.

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• In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, People, Atrocities

  "CNN Debate on "Terrorism" Chomsky v. Bennett". Debate with Paula Zahn, www.freerepublic.com. May 30, 2002.

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• The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Cutting, Space, Woven

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• How many of them were there?' Her voice wasn't joking around. Eighteen. Hundred.' Four,' Blaylock interjected. 'An honor guard of four.' What did they work you over with? Those bruises on your thighs are severe?' Crowbars. Big, massive-' Blay cut in. 'Clubs. Had to be those ceremonial black clubs.

  J.R. Ward

  Cutting, Voice, Black

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• The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Heaven, Doe, Earth

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “On the revolutions”

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• If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.

  Ann Coulter

  Hurt, Hate, Police

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• Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.

  Stockwell Day

  Party, Iraq, Voting

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• I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

  Noel Gallagher

  News, London, Firsts

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• In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

  Noel Gallagher

  Successful, Stories, Ends

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• If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.

  Robin Gibb

  Zero, Heart, Two

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader.

  Jon Stewart

  Voting, President, Voters

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• At its very heart, Worldchanging is about using the best of people's new ideas, bringing them together and applying them to the massive problems that we all face.

  Alex Steffen

  Heart, Ideas, People

  Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Sacrifice, Emotional, Energy

  "Falling birth rate is killing Europe, says chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks" by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2009.

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• I've always had a massive fascination with the modern day cowboys. Modern day outlaws or going against the system, and that's always been very intriguing to me.

  Theo Rossi

  Cowboy, Fascination, Intriguing

  "Theo Rossi Talks Sons of Anarchy: Brick Season 4" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 04, 2011.

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• Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Team, Leader, Mind

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• The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Twitter post from Jul 28, 2015

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