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• Religion is important for humanity, but it should evolve with humanity. The first priority is to establish and develop the principle of pluralism in all religious traditions. If we, the religious leaders, cultivate a sincere pluralistic attitude, then everything will be more simple. It is good that most religious leaders are at least beginning to recognize other traditions, even though they may not approve of them. The next step is to accept that the idea of propagating religion is outdated. It no longer suits the times.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Attitude, Simple

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• There is no quality that we respond to in another that we lack. It might be hidden behind some bad behavior or an old, outdated shadow belief that says we are the exact opposite of what we are seeing in the other person. But I promise you that if you are attracted to a quality in someone else, no matter how great, it also exists inside of you.

  Debbie Ford

  Opposites, Promise, Quality

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• Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Bridges, Broken

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• We've been living under outdated immigration rules from decades ago. They're decades and decades old.

  Donald Trump

  Immigration, Decades

  "Transcript of Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• Here, the certain temple rule, this seems to me to have a certain responsibility to look after the well-being of society and look after Buddhism and culture. I consider these part of the practice of spirituality. There is no competition between spiritual practice and party politics. That is outdated. We already, since 2001, have elected political position. My position is semi-retired. I am looking forward to complete retirement.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Retirement, Party

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

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• As someone who was gay bashed as a kid, I learned firsthand how a lot of people only feel good about themselves when they sense that someone or something is on a lower rung than they are. This inferiority complex drives racism and sexism as well as outdated attitudes about animals.

  Dan Mathews

  Attitude, Kids, Gay

  "Senior VP of PETA Dan Mathews: On gay rights, empathy for animals, and getting married under the Las Vegas sign". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I like the fact that everyone is nostalgic for vinyl, and I'm being nostalgic for CDs, which are like the new outdated things that no one is going to mourn the loss of - everyone's already written them off.

  Alexis Taylor

  Loss, Cds, Facts

  "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

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• We cannot treat people with a right to asylum the same way as people from a safe country. They need to be sent back. That is, from our perspective, completely clear. On the other hand, we should scrutinize the now completely outdated principle that only the migrants' first country of arrival should be burdened with their registration as well as with the process of sorting out who has the right to asylum and who needs to be deported.

  Paolo Gentiloni

  Country, Hands, Perspective

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or else they're outdated. By the time you've got it to the point that it's strong, it would be 12 years old.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Strong, Years, Political

  "Gottfried's key to political humor" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. August 2, 2013.

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• Some have become more critical than others; for example, the submarines. And that's the Ohio Class submarine that needs to be modernized. The air component also needs to be modernized. The B-52, as someone earlier pointed out, is an outdated model that was flown by the grandparents of people that are flying it now. And we need a serious modernization program as well on our silo-launched missiles. All three are critical for the defense of the country.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Air, Ohio

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• ...heavy investments in information technology have delivered disappointing results - largely because companies tend to use technology to mechanize old ways of doing business...Instead of embedding outdated processes in silicon and software, we should obliterate them and start over.

  Michael Martin Hammer

  Technology, Starting Over, Use

  "Reengineering work: don't automate, obliterate". Harvard Business Review, Volume 68, No.4, pp. 104, 1990.

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• The terms "idiot" and "lunatic" were acceptable diagnostic terms in England up until 1959. "Imbecile" and "feeble-minded person" were, likewise, listed as official categories in the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. England has always lagged a bit behind in discarding outdated terms for the disadvantaged. When I was there in 1980, it was still possible to shop for used clothing at the local Spastic Shop. That is, compared to the United States, where it takes, oh, about twenty-five minutes for a diagnostic euphemism to become a conversational faux pas.

  Mary Roach

  Imbeciles, England, Twenties

  Mary Roach (2010). “Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife”, p.56, Canongate Books

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• Many of us are experiencing a phase of change, shedding outdated patterns and liberating ourselves from the old by moving on to the new. The year 2012 is an important one for mankind, a pivotal year. The potential for this exists in the mere fact that the majority of us are yearning for change.

  Shari Arison

  Moving, Years, Important

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• The basic concept of value to a private owner and being motivated when you're buying and selling securities by reference to intrinsic value instead of price momentum - I don't think that will ever be outdated.

  Charlie Munger

  Thinking, Momentum, Buying

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• Although the church accomplishes many tasks, its only message to the world is the gospel of Christ. Everything else we do is merely an extension of that primary goal. The gospel we offer the lost is superior to every worldly philosophy. Never outdated or in need of correction, it is always sufficient to meet humanity's greatest need: reconciliation with the Creator.

  Charles Stanley

  Philosophy, Goal, Humanity

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• The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways of protecting societies from dangerous people without killing them. And in fact, it's important to remember that much of the world has done away with the death penalty.

  Shane Claiborne

  Country, People, Catholic

  Source: medium.com

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• Stop looking at the Web as merely a display opportunity and not a way to interact. That does not create a new business model, it just shifts one that isn't growing and is outdated. The reason sites like Google are stealing advertisers from daily newspapers is not because Google has more eyeballs. It's because Google used the interactivity of the Web to deliver a new, better way to advertise.

  Sarah Lacy

  Opportunity, Google, Doe

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• So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Dark, Evil, Librarian

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.147, Macmillan

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• It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. It's outdated.

  Sugata Mitra

  Motivation, Inspiration, Broken

  "Build a School in the Cloud". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.

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• Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts. Try and convict me if I’m a bad person for thinking so. I enjoy treating a woman like a lady, opening doors for her, paying for shared meals, giving flowers–all that sort of thing.

  Jim Butcher

  Flower, School, Men

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• The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

  Robert Plant

  Reflection, Rocks, Essence

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• An outdated view still prevails that a low-carbon lifestyle requires immense personal suffering and sacrifice. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. All the evidence shows that people who do not drive, do not fly on planes, do shop locally, do grow their own food, and do get to know other members of their community have a much higher quality of life than their compatriots who still persist in making the ultimate sacrifice of wasting their lives commuting to work in cars.

  Mark Lynas

  Sacrifice, Views, People

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• The Internet's completely over. [...] The Internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. [...] They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.

  Prince

  Mtv, Numbers, Gadgets

  "Inside Prince's bizarre life at Paisley Park: This is what happened when we visited the music icon" by Peter Willis, www.mirror.co.uk. April 21, 2016.

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• We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Significant Change, Two

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• Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of socialism, where areas of life have been excluded from the crude operation of market forces and are protected for the benefit of the community

  Tony Benn

  Community, Littles, Society Today

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